Mark Ellis was nervous coming aboard another show about police officers.
Not least because police procedurals have become an even more crowded media sub-genre since he co-created Flashpoint in 2008. But Ellis was more worried about making such a show when concerns around community and police relationships have reached a fever pitch.
“So what do you do when you create a TV drama? Do you show the flaws?” he said in an interview with CBC News. “Yes. But… I think we have to try and make a story that is aspirational on some level. I think we need to be transparent about what the flaws