Adebayor's started so well for Man City
Who'd be a police officer?
We ended up discussing the extreme and mundane aspects of a police officer's role on the show today. None of us would like to be in the position of a firearms officer following a potential suicide bomber onto a tube train.
Nor I suspect would we want to be in the shoes of PC Stuart Heaton and Inspector Tony Kenyon who spend most weekend nights being sworn at by drunk teenagers.
Our reporter Caroline Cheetham went out with them last week, after they invited us to record what their Friday night entails. (The audio contains some swearing).
Listen to her experience (requires RealPlayer)
What struck me about the audio was the mundane nature of having to put up with someone who effs and blinds at you the whole time you are trying to do your job.
Sometimes we get text messages that effectively say "you are an effing disgrace Derbyshire", but if I had someone shouting that at me every two minutes, as the police officers did, it might wear me down.
Sorry if this is a bit of a downer before the weekend, but hey...
Decency,integrity,concience and courage all qualities to be admired and make you proud.Why then when an innocent young man is murdered by the people who are supposed to protect us can we find not one of our leaders,either elected or appointed to show any of the aformentioned qualities.
Even our church leaders,especially those from the christian churches seem to lack the moral fibre or backbone to speak out against the state.Perhaps we as the people of these islands have allowed our own standards to slip so far,that we deserve the second and third rate politicians and appointees.
Is there a a spokesman for Police matters in parliament?
James Callaghan was whilst in opposition and later continued his valued balanced understanding of social matters gained from first hand experience of police and kindred matters as the Home secretary and later as Prime Minister. Where are the champions today of law and order in PARLIAMENT with first hand experience. Callaghan I believe still holds the record for introducing the most private members Bills? As a retired Police Sergeant with total ground experience after 27 years I am left totally exhausted by the inept lack oif understanding of public mentality by the academic streamliners. It has nothing to do with immigrants, racism, drugs, traffic etc but the correct grounding of the potential political leaders with the clear headed potential and understanding of COMMON SENSE.
The community is drowing in Statute Laws.
When was there last laid an information before a magistrate concerning a set of circumstances contrary to the QUEEN`S PEACE and requiring punishment under COMMON LAW? Perhaps a return to the Vagrancy Acts 1824 era would calm things down? Give the name Constable its proper identity- Eliminate the word Police from our vocabulary- We are all Citizens with common law powers -and the Constable just a professional citizen acting for the community not for a Political System. Education is not just academic subjects! Our future children should be allowed to discover the true values of Common Law - regarded as Laws of the land from time immemorial - Is it too late?
Victoria,
I wouldn't do the officers featured on your programme last week for a gold clock.
The charming young man who was abusing them for having the temerity do their job would have recieved a swift boot to an unpleasent place had i been in their situation.
Whatever they are paid its not enough.
the same could be said for the Firefighters featured on the phone in today and as for Scot Michaels comments i echo several of your contributors comment in hoping that he doesn't find out how dedicated Firefighters are should he be unfortunate enough to experience his home burning down.
oh please, she joined up ,knew what the job was and gets a damm good wage so why oh why is she moaning?? the guys and gals out in the forces dodging bullets signed up. knew the risks and are doing a great job and getting paid less and paying th ultimate price!! Maybe she should work for the ´óÏó´«Ã½ as a reshearcher, pretty safe job and good wages.
good interview tho