WILDEFIRE Hampstead Theatre, London NW3

The relationship between the public and the police force has come a long way since Sir Robert Peel in 1829 and indeed since Jack Warner and Dixon of Dock Green in 1955. The major difference is that the police no longer have the approval, respect and affection of the public they once had. Roy Williams looks at the moral dilemmas a modern cop faces and observes the demands and pressures he/she has daily through the eyes of an idealistic female officer (Lorraine Stanley), new to the Met, who wants to do the right thing when countering gang violence in the streets and domestic violence in the home The toll it takes on her, physically and mentally, is heavy. Williams hopes his play will lead to a greater understanding of the difficulties the police have and that it will encourage a debate about the sort of police force we would like to have.