Child fought off kidnapper using tricks she learned from ‘Law & Order: SVU’. Here’s how police dramas can help you, too

The story of an 11-year-old girl who said she used something she learned from watching “Law & Order: SVU” to help her fight off and identify an alleged would-be abductor is an example of how TV police dramas are influential in real life.

The story of an 11-year-old girl who said she used something she learned from watching “Law & Order: SVU” to help her fight off and identify an alleged would-be abductor is an example of how TV police dramas are influential in real life.