tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588995136414705349.post3907187253660120963..comments2024-03-15T08:05:28.706+00:00Comments on The Sleeping Policeman: A Former Police Officer's Blog: Meeting a Veteran OfficerLex Ferendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11111622017331655936noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588995136414705349.post-55977448754220615272009-05-27T17:55:57.380+01:002009-05-27T17:55:57.380+01:00Reading blogs and posts like this is what makes me...Reading blogs and posts like this is what makes me look forward to a career in policing. I guess that must be odd, but it's true. I know that there's not many people who want to go into this job, and there's a huge deficit in Canada (where I am; in the application process to the RCMP right now), so I hope that I will make it through and find out just how f***ed the job really is, heh.JFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588995136414705349.post-42320700309201113862009-05-21T15:41:56.832+01:002009-05-21T15:41:56.832+01:00Mac, that's a very good point your skipper made. I...Mac, that's a very good point your skipper made. I had the upmost respect for my first one, he was harsh but fair and didn't tolerate fools gladly. I knew when he told me I'd done a good job he meant it, and that spurned me on to do even better. My wife doesn't even say 'thanks' when I get paid now, as my salaried wage means I'm a lot of money down on being an overtime-bandit-sergeant. When, oh when will it all get better?Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04427468876045104252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588995136414705349.post-25689327970751571072009-05-21T15:14:01.936+01:002009-05-21T15:14:01.936+01:00I have just rejoined the job after a 25 year caree...I have just rejoined the job after a 25 year career break - blimey - its changed a bit ! My dad who joined in '52 thought we were a bunch of softies when i joined in '82 - I've just spent my training period 'learning' how brutal the Met were in the 80's.My dad would definitely think the job is f***ed now !!Mickeydeanenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588995136414705349.post-21616971745278011192009-05-21T14:07:14.199+01:002009-05-21T14:07:14.199+01:00Brilliant!!
As a fellow Inspector who seems to be...Brilliant!!<br /><br />As a fellow Inspector who seems to be in very similar circumstances (but digging a tunnel back to duty cover) this made me laugh out loud as so very true.<br /><br />I started lurking as a result of Copperfield's link and have added you to my favourites. Your style of writing is a perfect example of the 'black humour' that gets most of us through the day. Please keep up the humour. There are enough ranters blogging.<br /><br />I still think the jobs f**ked though!(But so did everyone when I joined).<br /><br />PS.My Sergeant included:<br /><br />'Don't ever expect thanks for what you do. That way on the odd occasion when you are thanked it will make your week, but the rest of the time you won't take it personally'.Macnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588995136414705349.post-64223113091394413692009-05-20T22:57:46.693+01:002009-05-20T22:57:46.693+01:00The Job is most definitely f*cked. It takes on new...The Job is most definitely f*cked. It takes on new elements of f*ckedness every single day. Just when you thought it was completely and utterly f*cked - and couldn't possibly get any worse - it turns a corner or nose-dives into even more fascinating and disturbing levels of f*ckidity. Every officer in every generation of policing will say that it's f*cked, but the reasons they give will all depend on the social climate at the time. Whatever the case, it certainly is a great job and I for one would not trade my service for anything else, although it has been pretty easy leaving it all behind. <br /><br />And that's because the job is f*cked!<br /><br />Good post LH and congrats on the Oracle articles.Michael Pinkstonehttp://michaelpinkstone.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588995136414705349.post-6245321568300227502009-05-20T22:30:55.949+01:002009-05-20T22:30:55.949+01:00Thanks probie. You'll be fine, in a few years you'...Thanks probie. You'll be fine, in a few years you'll be saying the 'job's f*cked' too. Mark my words! If ever you need any advice, you are always more than welcome to send me an e-mail. The job's actually great, I could think of nothing more rewarding in life. Nothing. I hope I make it to the end.Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04427468876045104252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588995136414705349.post-5982685788328325282009-05-20T22:24:36.656+01:002009-05-20T22:24:36.656+01:00Speaking as someone just starting off on his thirt...Speaking as someone just starting off on his thirty-odd year odyssey, I don't know whether to find this reassuring (in that people actually make it through to the end) or down-right scary!<br /><br />As always though, a good read - and pleasing to see your hit count increasing too.MPS Probienoreply@blogger.com