Police

That is true i was born in 1995, my family didnt work in the pits so i have little knowledge of what went on really although i have researched it. It was a long time ago, things have changed since then however i appreciate that memories still bare a factor in peoples opinion of the police.

 

Did it for 6 years, what do you wanna know?

 

During the Miners strike quite a number of " policeman" were drafted in from other areas
and it eventually transpired that they were not genuine members of any force. A mate of
mine tussled with Police on the picket line and looked up to see his future son in law who
was in the Army in a police uniform.

Because of the despicable activities of some of these bogus officers, two local PC's in our
area actually resigned from the force. Most police officers I have ever known during my time
at work, were personable family men a women doing a very trying job. They are often resented
by members of the public and tend to mingle and socialise with each other which is a pity.

 

Its what you want to do that counts. Believe me the vast majority of Bobbies are decent, hard working people who do an incredible job under very difficult circumstances. In my experience the majority of the public respect them and appreciate the job that they do.

 

3 words - gold plated pension.

 

Justice for Orgreave keep watching the news I still have beleif

 

Thanks for your response and openness, firstly what made you leave the force? And what were the pros and cons?

 

As far as I know he loves it pal. He teaches blue light training but he's mainly in a classroom doing diversity training. You've got me there pal, I'm not sure but I will ask him. When I was around 17/18 he was teaching me alot as he wanted to get me on with the PCSOs. IIRC it paid a starting wage of 20k a year and was a back door for getting into the police as I never went to college to do public services and I certainly didn't have the grades but it just wasn't what I wanted to do.

If it's a passion you have then I'd go for it pal, don't worry about what other people think or say. It's your life bud, and remember if you have any questions I'll make sure to pass them on. Good luck pal.

 

It’s 35 years ago, most ex miners have a ridiculous pension, have put loads of claims in and have have earned off buying their council house. I wouldn’t worry about the stigma, nobody else does. As for the job pal, just treat people as they would you and you’ll be fine. A lot of people temporarily **** up, take a minute to assess.

 

I left for one of the biggest cons, you will have a very limited social life. And kiss goodbye to any kind of family life. I left when my daughter was born after my crew partner used to bemoan that he missed his kids growing up.

The bureaucracy is unbelievable and you feel like you're constantly adapting to make civilian staff's life easier.

You will be dealing with the very extremes of society, pretty much everything is either drugs or alcohol related or domestics. No one is happy to see you and you will become cynical about society almost overnight- constantly looking for the bad in people.

Pro's - teamwork. When the proverbial hits the fan the team working is epic. The laughs - you will need a dark sense of humour as the only way to deal with a lot of what you see is through laughing. An RTC involving a decapitated motorcyclist springs to mind with a Roads Policing Sergeant walking down the road with the guys head still in the helmet asking "anyone for bowling?"

I've cut down dead people hanging from their loft, delivered agony messages to parents of kids, been spat on, headbutted, punched and kicked, broke my finger dealing with a psycho smack user (got all of £50 in compensation) worked 23 hour shifts, you name it.

It's not a glamorous job, the specialist jobs are all taken and you're literally waiting for someone to retire. The pay is ok but they get their pound of flesh. Pension is good but you'll be looking at being a bobby still well into your 60's.

If its excitement, thrills and spills and the genuine desire to help society then if I had my time again I'd go either paramedic or fire service.

Hope this helps.
Chris

 

All things considered, even though some people resent them, our Police do a fantastic
job, as do the other members of our emergency services. It is a vocation and credit where
is due.

 

I worked for the police for 10 years as a civvie but worked closely with DCs and above mostly for the majority of it on various major crime and anti terror operations.

It gives you a very skewed view of society. I felt like a square peg in a round hole... it made me very ill and nearly killed me. When I struggled with my mental health they put me in a room full of officers that had been disciplined for various things- that alone speaks volumes. No support whatsoever. I now treat people as a therapist and nothing appears to have changed.

I have a couple of mates still in the police, but on the whole I found them to be very judgmental, black/white thinking, arrogant people with an air of self-importance. It is also massively incestuous which is why most of them have been married several times. All the higher ranking ones are freemasons and abuse that too. Work nights out are just talking shop the entire time, there is no life outside of it.

Perhaps it just wasn't for me but I didn't enjoy my time there at all.

 

Thank you for sharing chris, there's alot of food for thought there. I have looked in the past a joining the ambulance service and fire service however ive found that opportunities are limited with regards to recruitment and im not very good with heights.