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I have mentioned on here before that my brother is a cop.
A couple of weeks ago he and a colleague policed Northwest Shropshire (Oswestry and Ellesmere) on a Saturday night. Just the two of them.
Bit lively around those parts on a Saturday. High St. fights, rural crime, drugs, domestics and assisting the other 999 services. Too busy to eat, or piss. Too busy to have the time to actually 'nick' anyone.
It's a bit fucked up isn't it.
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Originally posted by NickSTFU View PostI have mentioned on here before that my brother is a cop.
A couple of weeks ago he and a colleague policed Northwest Shropshire (Oswestry and Ellesmere) on a Saturday night. Just the two of them.
Bit lively around those parts on a Saturday. High St. fights, rural crime, drugs, domestics and assisting the other 999 services. Too busy to eat, or piss. Too busy to have the time to actually 'nick' anyone.
It's a bit fucked up isn't it.
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"When I see an actual flesh-and-blood worker in conflict with his natural enemy, the policeman, I do not have to ask myself which side I am on"
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-new...treet-13611663
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- Mar 2008
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- An oasis in the middle of Somerset
- Bath City FC; Porthcawl RFC;Wales in most things.
- Fig roll - deal with it.
I am not totally sure those were "flesh and blood workers" either. Of course, the police seem to be less the agents of the establishment now as cuts have them criticising the government regularly. Hardly enough to win over many of their detractors but an interesting change of traditional positions. Not much point in being Thatcher's boot boots if her acolytes are going to cut your money.
With his recent misadventures, Bored Jr retains the youth mistrust for the police that, to be fair, I had until I became a property owner susceptible to burglary and theft. I tried explaining to him that travelling around Britain for football, I found out that its regional police are far more different in nature and far closer to the States in this respect than I had previously realised. You have the well-known arseholes - South Yorkshire Police, Greater Manchester Police, the Met and City of London Police etc. and the more benign forces - South Wales Police, Avon & Somerset, Surry Police and, bless them, British Transport Police. Indeed, I didn't realise until I started having coppers as mates how much, for instance, Surrey Police dislike the Met.
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