Quality NOT quantity

I generally get two forms of reaction from my 'clients'. They usually like me or and I quote "You're a c*** when I get out I am going to kill your kids, your family and your dog.. etc etc etc". Thankfully the second type of persons are usually the drugged, drunk or deranged people and they wouldn't know if I were human, let alone which police officer I was, when they recover from their stupour.

I do emphathise with a large proportion of the public when they are spoken to by a really crap police officer. I confess to being no angel myself but I will usually, attitude test permitting, speak as politely as I can and try make my contact civil at the very least. My job does consist of me 'telling people off' to a certain extent so I don't expect people to write to my CI telling them how wonderfully I gave them 3 points but I think most people consider me fair.

I have had the misfortune to see some absolutely shocking police officers at work though and they certainly know how to balance those chips on their shoulders. They are either arrogant, self centered (both genders I might add) or as wet as a lettuce leaf.

I've seen one officer on my shift give a bollocking, in a style I would reserve for the most extreme offences, to a middle class kid who slowed down his vehicle to see what we were up to in a quiet side street. How on earth are we supposed to win the public over with that attitude? I've seen officers actually run away from violent incidents, they were my only back up I might add, and then they would return to the nick to claim they had been the hero of the day.

Truly shocking but I, like many other officers, keep my head down and get on with it. Let that officer get the Reg 9 - not me plus the less PSD know about me the better.

Regarding my previous post here's a video I shall post for no obvious reason...