Upholders of the Law

Got an interesting one from last night. Sitting at a busy junction behind a police van who was the first in the Q. Lights went green no movement, lights stayed green no movement after I would say 12 sec I pressed the horn. Cop jumps out of the driving seat stomps back to me leans into my car and shouts in my face " I am having a bad day so you had better not make it any bloody worse". Then turned around got back in the van and did a U Turn at a no U Turn junction. Got the Chimp into first but then the Lights went red and left myself and the rest of Joe public for another cycle of colours. If I did that in practice in what I do I would never get away with it.

Can't really defend it. We are all human, we all have bad days. I rarely loose my rag, just resort to being ultra polite "yes sir, no sir" etc that usually winds them up more if they are getting abusive and shouting at you. But there is a limit when they reach mine they get arrested under the public order act. Others deal with it differently.

if you take a job that involves dealing with the general public you should know what to expect and be trained to deal with them,I couldn't be arsed with it, thats why I'm not a policeman

TV....ever wondered what happened to socialising, unless you were a footballer, supermodel or drug dealer it became so expensive to go to the pub people started watching other people go to the pub, Coronation Street, Emmerdale, Eastenders etc now we watch people staying in!!!, Big Brother, The Royle Family etc. What will they watch next people sleeping, going for a crap etc........and another thing !! (wanders off into the sunset muttering darkly)

wouldn't know, never watch it, certainly adds weight to the expression "get a life" though. How about this for a new format, get a blank wall, cover it with a bright coloured liquid then film the chemical change as it becomes a solid

Now don’t get me wrong I am not a small bloke (hence my nickname and the need of a 5Liter to haul me around). It happens to be one of those moments that was very fast, was over just as quickly and that you end up re-living quite a few times with " I should have ,,," Only thing hurt is my pride and another incident that shows just how low police candidate selection, training and continued professional development has stooped. The few times I have been involved with the police has been when I was burgled, too young to be driving an Esprit and catching a young chappy from stealing my neighbors car. Every time they have proved that the barrel is mostly rotten. When I grew up they needed the help of Shaw Taylor, now they just need replacing. The Pitbull Edited by pitbull on Wednesday 18th July 15:41

I have no grudge with yourself John as I have no prior knowledge of how you enact your vocation. My point in this string is that the police officers demand respect because of the position they hold. The general public however view them on the way they hold their position. I conclude as the reasonable party in this incident that he is a mere delinquent in a uniform ( this takes a few weeks) with a far lower IQ than myself ( unless his Ph.D. is science based like mine / Ted knows who I am ), and no real earning potential while driving a van for his pension, poor chap.

Pitbull, I can understand what you are saying, you probably couldn`t quite believe what was happening and so in hindsight it could/would have been diff.. John, the Copper was not using lights nor siren, and we were doing 50 ( well, slightly more cause I was in a Taxi -FlackJacket at the ready) and the guy just shot past us on the inside, tailgated a Mondeo, then shot off up the road, still silent. I am not having a go at you, you seem like a nice bloke ( you answer our questions honestly and give a Police perspective for which I and I am sure others are grateful ) But this is on top of watching marked cars pull away from me in a 30 limit, yet last Sunday there was an unmarked car sitting with a speed gun in Billericay ( Hidden nicely ). These things reduce my respect for PCs ( And the couple of friends that I have who drive and act like maniacs when out of uniform cause they have a get out of jail free ) I have also phoned the police to report cars stolen, and broken into, for 3 Sundays running - No clear pattern at all..no interest. I sat and waited for one hour in a car park for police to attend a car that I had spotted leaking petrol ( nice and safe eh ? ) and they still didn`t turn up when I had to leave I know there are plenty of nice police out there, and I am sure it is just a minority that behave in such a manner, as you say, at the end of the day they are human, but that is not really an excuse when you can have a person arrested if the shoe is on the other foot. Rant off..... For now..