Could you do this job? And would you want to anyway?

[Kiki-frog]

My closest friend is the mother of a cop and she asked me to share this. I'm not making any comment, but it's worth watching this through to the end. Food for thought.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyO1WURjHLI

[Caran]

Kiki what a brilliant video. There is so much we do not hear about. Didn't know about salaries being cut, losing pay when injured is disgusting. Thank you for highlighting it.

[Kiki-frog]

Thanks for replying, carandrog. We hear so much about police brutality/racism/corruption/insert-the-vice-o
f-your-choice,
but we overlook the horrible things they have to address on a day-to-day basis. My friend's lad's first day at work as a 19-year-old involved sitting alone overnight in a room with a dead baby to ensure that evidence wasn't tampered with. It kind of puts things in perspective, doesn't it? Thanks again. x

[New Judge]

Have a glance at this question, Kiki-frog:

http://www.theanswerb.../Question1123863.html

In particular read the second answer, courtesy of rojash.

[craft1948]

Yes but that's just rojash being thick isn't it..................

[Kiki-frog]

Thanks, New Judge. I did follow that thread with interest.

I think the point is that we only tend to hear about the cock-ups - the Fiona Pilkington case, for example, was appalling. But the day-to-day work is generally taken for granted.

But I've shared the video as I was asked, so it's up to other people to make of it what they will.

[andy-hughes]

A very powerful piece of work.

I dated a girl who joined the police. On her first night on duty she was coshed by a burglar, and later on she had to take the boots off a dead tramp - talk about a baptism by fire!