It's a hard and sometimes thankless job usually. Was talking to a coupla boys in a patrol car the other night, I knew things were bad for them, but had no idea how bad things were till I talked to them. Hard times.
Not sure how the Snp will handle the reorganisation into a single force either.. Methinks there will be much budget fudging!
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is being a policeman a good job?
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Posted 8 months ago #
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Yes.
Based purely on nearly crashing after seeing a policey lady drive past earlier this evening, who was BEAUTIFUL.
I swear they employ models as police here.Posted 8 months ago # -
my attitude is due to my experience whilst working with vulnerable young people either with disabilities or mental health issues resulting in challenging behaviour. without exception they have been treated with a complete lack of respect or understanding and regularly get injured too.
I don't want to ruin my street cred.. but I was one of those young people and I crossed paths with our local constabulary far too often.. I was always very surprised at how patient and respectful they were towards me even under some extremely challenging circumstances..
Posted 8 months ago # -
[/quote]Munqe-chick
I now work on Major Crime so I am part of a team of Detectives who investigate murders [/quote]
Do you get to use much own initiative on such work or are you just given a series of actions from SIO's to work through? Not trolling - just curious never done reactive only proactive targeting / surveillance jobs.
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You should try getting the same sort of stress and abuse on minimum wage and no sick pay.
Name that job!
You have no idea...
...There's a lot of nonsense Spoken about the pay and working conditions of your Police, much of which originates from your government, particularly the introduction to the Winsor report that used extremely combatitive language. The truth is, having done it for more years than I care to mention - always 'front-line', working shifts etc. It's a dirty thankless job that you're damned if you do, damned if you don't.
For the past 8 years I've been on a so called 'specialist' dept, that if I get it wrong, make a bad decision, the likely result is that I go to prison. I don't get paid any more than any other PC, I don't get bonuses, and my behaviour and actions are constantly monitored. If I turn up, the mobile phones come out. My every word and action will appear on some social networking site within minutes, often selectively edited to put me in a bad light, yet these actions will be examined for years, and undermine any criminal proceedings, or disciplinary hearings that could result.
The thing is, despite developing a particularly cynical attitude, despite it putting my marriage on the rocks, despite not getting paid a particularly great wage (less than I earned as a personal trainer), I wouldn't want to do any other job - when I go to work, I make a difference, and that's what counts.
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read a novel called 'Filth' by Irvine Welsh..
If the main character reminds you of yourself then you are right for the job..
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Think it depends on which force you're with and your attitude to the job. I have several friends working at Crawley and they all love it. They are very busy at the moment doing a lot of overtime in London but each one of them love the role to bits although there are occasionally some crap bits as with any job
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easygirl - Member
When was the last time you pulled a half dead teenage driver from a car wreck and watched him die blowing blood bubbles out of his neck, while in your arms?
Easy job my arsse
I never said it was an easy job.
Having witnessed one colleague being run through with a samuri sword, another being glassed in the face with an ornate glass ashtray (to quote my Manager - his face just peeled like a bannana) and various other unpleasant acts of violence then I think I have a reasonable view on the nasty side humanity. It's a shame I didn't have a benefit's package to support me whilst dealing with the above.
Or just as equally the spotlight can be pointed towards the highways employees who also attend RTA to clean up. A friend of mine was telling me of their first major RTA and he couldn't quite figure out what all the orangey yellow stuff was smeared over most of the road (and lorry). Turned out to be human fat.
I didn't say being a Police Officer was easy - you get ALOT of benefits that are not available to those who also attend simialr 'events'.
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