A Policeman’s Lot is
Not a Happy One....
I have just watched a report on BBC television about
Police Services in the UK.
I
find that frightening for in my 31 years service in London, I was assaulted three times, once seriously and twice minor
cases. The more serious aspect of the
report was that the two officers interviewed, one recently retired and the
other currently serving, was that both said that they would not become officers
if the chance reoccurred.
Although
I was quite shocked, I should not have been too surprised. You see, quite often I now deny that I was
ever in the service. I retired in 1996.
Since
then, and particularly within the past ten years, Police Stations up and down the country, but in particular London, have been closing in ever
increasing numbers. They have even sold Scotland Yard offices where I served eight years and moved to smaller premises. The number of current officers has been
drastically reduced.
Police
officers find themselves being attacked with weapons, spat upon, being watched
and scrutinised on and off duty, earning less than they did ten to fifteen
years ago, and expected to be on call at the drop of a hat.
It is unfair, or in legal jargon, ‘unreasonable’. Many officers as a result are suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and it is
little wonder. Their powers of ‘Stop and Search’ have been reduced to almost zero which has in my
opinion (and one shared by most officers)
caused the unbelievable increase in knife
crime – including ever increasing
murders in which such weapons are used.
As
the title of this post says ‘A policeman’s
lot is not a happy one’ it is little wonder when a ‘complaint against a police officer’ gets investigated more
thoroughly than a burglary to one’s home.
In some cases, victims of crime are asked to report it ‘on-line’. What a mockery.................
As
my old father used to say Morale is on its
Uppers.....................
--------Mike--------
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