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#50: Discussing High Tech Crime Prevention and APB with David Amsden

Real Crime Profile

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True Crime, Society & Culture, Exhibit C, Documentary

4.2 β€’ 10.5K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 1 February 2017

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

New York Times writer David Amsden joins the RCP team again to talk about his article "Who Runs The Streets of New Orleans?" and how that was transformed into the new fox series APB. Along with Jim Clemente, Laura Richard and Lisa Zambetti, he breaks down the effects of Sidney Torres' high tech additions to New Orleans crime fighting and separating fact from fiction with the new crime drama which premieres on February 6 at 9pm which the team will discuss next on Real Crime Profile #RealCrime #RealLife #RealCases New to Real Crime Profile? Never miss an episode by subscribing today at smarturl.it/realcrime Thank you to our sponsors: Blue Apron - Get 3 meals free on your first order when you visit them here: www.blueapron.com/realcrime Audible.com – Get a 30-day subscription and a free book when you sign up here: www.audible.com/realcrime Helix – Get $50 off any mattress when you visit them here: www.helix.com/realcrime Zip Recruiter – Get a free trial membership and find out how to hire smarter here: www.ziprecruiter.com/realcrime We'd like to hear from you. Find us on Twitter @RealCrimeProfil or search Real Crime Profile on Facebook, and please complete a quick survey at www.wondery.com/survey See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:07.3

So at one point did you find out that Fox

0:11.0

was planning to model a TV show on your article?

0:15.2

It was within a few days of the article coming out that I

0:20.1

learned that there was some interest from Hollywood and you know, this happens from time to time

0:26.5

when you do long long magazine articles. It's not something I ever

0:32.5

Take very seriously. I don't I don't write articles to see them on TV. I don't work in Hollywood

0:40.0

And any other times this has happened in the past it generally fizzles out. You might get some call

0:46.0

Ooh, you know Fox and NBC and HBO or whoever

0:49.8

Mark Scorsese loves you Rolling Stone article and then you know two weeks later you're hearing nothing

0:55.0

So in the case of this it was a couple days. I heard that some TV networks were interested

1:01.2

ultimately Fox ended up

1:03.0

Optioning it and

1:05.0

Here we are not very long afterwards. I'm talking to you from Chicago where I was on the set of the show earlier today and yeah very surreal

1:12.5

I

1:20.4

Play a genius tech billionaire who purchases a failing police precinct and

1:27.9

Text it up. What if there was an Uber style app that replaced 911 the APB app real-time driver reports. They just became your partners

1:37.6

Hello and welcome the real crime profile. This is Jim Clemente former New York City prosecutor and retired FBI

1:46.8

Profiler also writer and producer on CBS's criminal minds and

1:52.3

the case of John Bane Ramsey and

1:55.9

With me today is

1:57.9

Laura Richards

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