Posted by rc on 09/07/05 09:19

"marc" <marc@firemoth.net> wrote in message
news:1126081605.173218.64490@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> As a police officer myself I find this kind of response disgusting.
> What happens if while they're responding to your "helpful phone calls"
> one of your family is being mugged or attacked? How do you even know
> this wasn't a traffic warden or a community support officer who
> ticketed the car? Do you know the difference?
>
> I get this kind of abuse from people every waking minute I'm on duty.
> We do not "sit about in cars drinking tea" and as for the "gays who
> cycle on mountain bikes" apparently that's what people in villages want
> - "bobby's on the beat" who are approachable and can respond to their
> needs.
>
> The press takes great delight in ripping it out of the only line of
> defence the public has against the scum who want to amke your lives a
> misery. Take a look at the ratio of bad news stories compared to the
> good news stories about the police. In fact, ask anyone from outside
> the UK about our police force. They'd give their right arm to have us.
> But feel free to carry on whining. We'll carry on supporting you anyway.
>

Well said that man!

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