Critics have objected to the show's usage of violence by dressing it with pretty photography.[1] Others complained that the show relied more on visual aspects and music than on coherent stories and fully drawn characters.[7] Civic leaders in Miami have also objected to the show's airing of the city's crime problems all across America.[7] Most civic leaders, however, have been placated due to the show's estimated contribution of $1 million per episode to the city's economy and boosting tourism to Miami.[7] Gerald S. Arenberg of the National Association of Chiefs of Police criticized the show's glamorous depiction of vice squads, saying "no real vice cops chase drug dealers in a Ferrari while wearing $600 suits.