Costa Del Street Crime, Send in the dogs, Worlds Wildest Police Video's, Cops caught on camera, Street Wars and so on. Having grown up with a policeman for a dad and worked in a CCTV control room I have some fairly biased opinions but, I believe, a good overview on how the police and the law works.
RESPECT
I watched a documentary on channel 5+1 last night which focussed on a CCTV control room in wigan which was very interesting, one officer echoed what I said once, he mainly outlined how when he was young he was 'spoken to and dealt with by a policeman' and was mortified and nervous, intimidated and worried what would happen if his parents found out.
When I was sixteen I was spoken to by mounted police in Birmingham on new years eve, they advised me to behave because I was caught urinating in a public place. I apologised and was polite, but the more I watch documentaries the more common attitude for the police seems to be one of resentment and disdain towards people who are essentially employed to see the smooth, safe and peaceful running of our country. Argueing with, running from and swearing at the authorities will never end well for anybody. I am amazed by the idiots who swear infront of or at police, who are warned several times that they must stop using foul language or they will be arrested and the idiot, invariably, will swear again; therefore is arrested and they display an incredulous attitude: "What for? What, the fuck, have I done? You can't nick me for swearing!"
For obvious reasons, you can not swear at, or infront of, the police, it undermines them and betrays a lack of respect. I love swearing but calling a policeman 'a cunt' is not going to get me anywhere.
SAFETY
I can never understand when revellers empty out of pubs and clubs and see a large number of police and think that it's a bad thing. It can look aggressive but essentially their deployment is to maintain order, the police probably don't want to be there anymore than some people want to see them there. Coppers would rather be anonymously having a drink themselves, more than likely. When I was a student in Preston, the main row of pubs, bars and clubs had a large police presence outside after midnight and students were the worst for giving the police grief, usually because they think it makes them look or sound hard if they got arrested for public order, it doesn't; it makes you look like an immature twat who can't handle beer and you're gutted to be going home without a bird. Had the individual pulled, you wouldn't see them swearing at police, you'd see them smiling on their way home in anticipation of a filthy ride.
PEOPLE
Police officers are actually human beings; their DNA is almost identical to our own, it just happens that they chose a different career with certain social boundaries. Wherever I have worked there have always been twats, some people can not help it, you are allowed to hate them for being a twat; that is fine, just don't label them as all being the same.
I'm sure that most police officers want a quiet and peaceful night or day shift so that they can go home to their family and enjoy their decent salary, same as most normal people.
COMMON SENSE
I appreciate that many people have come across police officers who lack common sense or tact, until we have robots who are consistant in every detail policing our streets then rude police are somthing that you will have to abide by. If an individual has a couple of joints worth of resin or they are drinking in the street then take it off them and just give the individual a quick low-down of the law, advise them and it should be the end of it as far as I'm concerned. Some laws are not made very clear and inconsistant policing can be a problem-I recall one episode of Street Crime UK when a young male in southampton argued for ten minutes with two policemen when he was in posession of skunk, he seemed to think that if he agreed to be arrested then he would be allowed to keep the skunk when he was released without charge! Bad example because he was fairly stupid but he had the skunk confiscated and was sent on his way.
IMAGE
The image of the police, I feel, is getting better. Programmes such as The Bill, Life On Mars and Ashes To Ashes and the film Hot Fuzz have projected a far more sexy and human aspect to the job, aswel as the numerous reality TV programmes.
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