hero and villain
cops arrest villain
murders
suicide
theft
racism
terrorism
drugs
in the opening of cuffs it is a lot more up beat compared to other crime dramas. This could be because  cuffs is shown before the watershed meaning it has to be family friendly even tough during the episode a lot of things contain things that shouldn't be shown before watershed.

The sound is used to create meaning in cuffs by opening with an energetic non-diegetic song which zooms into Brighton. we then begin to here a diegetic radio in which p.c ryan draper has been called to sort people out on a beach. we begin to then here a diegetic police car siren which fits into the police drama theme. as this exciting police car goes to his destination of the beach, we hear chief rob vickers declaring his son his policing certificate and stating how proud he is of him, When rob says 'my son P.C Jake Vickers whom we are very proud of'' it is immediately juxtaposed by the nudist beach scene where ryan is trying t sort out a bunch of male people running around taking the mick out of naked people where a naked man says to P.C Ryan draper 'what is the point in you'll which the energetic non0diegetic music stops and jake gets given his certificate. This opening scene fits the police crime drama theme as everything is very fast paced and mimicked a police persons schedule of having 2 things happening at once which shows how full and jam-packed being a policeman in brighton is.