Crime at christmas?
Discussion
Hi,
So I was was thinking.... Even crims take Christmas day off (I expect). However, for those boys in blue, what does a Christmas day shift look like and how does it differ from a normal one? I suppose nowhere is open for coffee breaks either!
I expect a lot of domestics and a few drink drivers but apart from that I would have thought it was relatively quiet or have I got it wrong?
So I was was thinking.... Even crims take Christmas day off (I expect). However, for those boys in blue, what does a Christmas day shift look like and how does it differ from a normal one? I suppose nowhere is open for coffee breaks either!
I expect a lot of domestics and a few drink drivers but apart from that I would have thought it was relatively quiet or have I got it wrong?
It’s generally either ridiculously busy, or ridiculously quiet. It’s never, ever “steady”. I’ve had years where I’ve worked and had several people in the cells to deal with for complex jobs needing loads of enquiries and not much custody clock left, but I’ve also worked when I’ve been able to go home/to a mate’s with all my gear, radio and mobile and chill out. It’s trickier to do that for uniformed staff, obviously.
There are always places open on Christmas Day, even if that’s “only” A&E.
Cue the usual muppets bleating about paying my wages, etc.
There are always places open on Christmas Day, even if that’s “only” A&E.
Cue the usual muppets bleating about paying my wages, etc.
0600-0900 - Pretty Q, maybe a few jobs left over from nights, a prisoner or two? Your sometimes go and try a few no bail warrants/arrest attempts.
0900-1200 - Dead
1200-1430ish - In the nick eating / maybe pop home visit the family if possible.
1430-0000 - All the idiots have now been drinking since about 1000 and the domestics start and that's it for the rest of the day.
0900-1200 - Dead
1200-1430ish - In the nick eating / maybe pop home visit the family if possible.
1430-0000 - All the idiots have now been drinking since about 1000 and the domestics start and that's it for the rest of the day.
ChocyLint1 said:
Unfortunatly, I am not allowed through the door (Private mental health unit). I like yhe idea though. May have a little think along those lines! If I start waving through the windows, Dibble may end up carting me off 
Cant she pop outside for a bit, you could take her some lunch. 
A friend of mine was working Christmas eve into Christmas day a couple of years ago when a call came in at nearly six in the morning for a report of a house fire. It was a bloke trying to kill his parents, and his murdered girlfriend was found in his flat a few miles away later the same day. He was arrested at the scene. I suppose it's not always quiet.
Worked loads of Christmas shifts, some good some really bad that have stayed with me. On an early we'll generally be pretty quiet and we'll all try and sort a big fry up out. Lates gets busy as people who have been drinking al day start to fall out. Nights is domestics and drink drivers.
Really glad to be finishing this at midnight Christmas Eve (hopefully) and spending the first Christmas day with my fiancee and family with no work for about 8 years.
Really glad to be finishing this at midnight Christmas Eve (hopefully) and spending the first Christmas day with my fiancee and family with no work for about 8 years.
Edited by Greendubber on Saturday 30th November 14:25
Have worked 7 of the last 10 Christmas holidays. All but 1 have been business as usual in terms of domestic calls with a decline in the rest.
Of the 3 I didn’t work, technically I was as my nights finished at 7am on Christmas Day. One that sticks out was fighting with someone in a field at 3am Christmas morning. He had decided to drive drunk to an area with ongoing protests and cause damage before making onto the local motorway and into surrounding fields. Armed himself with a rake type tool he had found in the field before getting locked up.
He must have forgotten that it was Christmas Day as in custody he took great delight in telling me that the court would have him free by midday. Watching the horror on his face when I reminded him it was Christmas Day and that he’d be in the cells for a while was almost worth being in work.
Of the 3 I didn’t work, technically I was as my nights finished at 7am on Christmas Day. One that sticks out was fighting with someone in a field at 3am Christmas morning. He had decided to drive drunk to an area with ongoing protests and cause damage before making onto the local motorway and into surrounding fields. Armed himself with a rake type tool he had found in the field before getting locked up.
He must have forgotten that it was Christmas Day as in custody he took great delight in telling me that the court would have him free by midday. Watching the horror on his face when I reminded him it was Christmas Day and that he’d be in the cells for a while was almost worth being in work.
Greendubber said:
Good old Christmas court dates.
We stopped a car xmas eve a few years back and some mouth in the passenger seat started trapping off, unfortunately for him he was wanted for FTA and spent a couple of nights with our custody staff for his troubles.
We used to decorate ours with paper chains etc, until a boss with no charisma told us to take them down.We stopped a car xmas eve a few years back and some mouth in the passenger seat started trapping off, unfortunately for him he was wanted for FTA and spent a couple of nights with our custody staff for his troubles.
My worst Christmas day was spent trying to identify a dead vagrant someone found in a shop doorway. Fingerprints at the mortuary and wandering around the doss houses with a polaroid of the deceased trying to get some sense out of the residents. Still double bubble!
Breadvan72 said:
When I saw the thread title I though this was about the Michael Bublé Christmas album. That stuff should be illegal.
… as should every other dreary predictable Christmas album. Thankfully Cliff Richard seems to have called time on his annual mish mash in order to fatten his so-called Christian wallet. Such dross ends up in charity shops at £1 a go. Off topic but then such recordings ARE A CHRISTMAS CRIME. Gassing Station | Speed, Plod & the Law | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff