Flipper the Priest
International
- 15 July 2003
A few acquaintances have gone into the police and almost all made every effort to get off the beat or even quit completely. By accounts, it was too demoralising trying to enforce the law only to be undermined at every turn. Senior officers with stubbornly old-fashioned tactics, taking credit for their work; the fragile, lengthy, often lenient court process and system; government moving goalposts; general public with zero respect; insane levels of media scrutiny. They get it from all angles and it's not worth it.
I get the impression now that the only people who can take the above are emotionless robots. Ask no questions and apply the letter of the law without any humour or charm. Except for stilted social media campaigns. Anyone who's experienced policing at a football game will know that the odd copper who knows their audience and engages with a bit of back and forth is the one who gets respect. The superiority complex ones - they're the worst. No-one responds well to them.
I get the impression now that the only people who can take the above are emotionless robots. Ask no questions and apply the letter of the law without any humour or charm. Except for stilted social media campaigns. Anyone who's experienced policing at a football game will know that the odd copper who knows their audience and engages with a bit of back and forth is the one who gets respect. The superiority complex ones - they're the worst. No-one responds well to them.