BadgeIsBack

What was said before? Can I see your notebook?

EvannTel

Blimey!
A few articles in the press, (which never has slant does it), and all of a sudden the old bill are the villains. They do a bloody tough job on the frontline and I think seldom get thanked for it. Some people who fail to comply put themselves in harms way. Why should't the police tai action to prevent harm to themselves or others?

We were unfortunate enough to have been victims of crime last year and WA police were brilliant. I must admit I was surprisingly pleased how responsive and effective they were. I doubt I would have got that in the UK.

I have found many police react to how they are treated. Be an arse and your experience will be less pleasant.

Sure there are a few bad apples, there are everywhere but I say raise a glass to our police and thank them.

andrew63

Few bad apples? Couple of kilos if you ask me. I have respected police in the Europe and here (everywhere) and appreciate their job and brought up my kids to respect them. Have many friends in the police forces in various countries. However, here, I did have an incident where the policeman (covered in tats!) totally lied under oath. Gave me such a threatening eyeball when leaving Court.
No more respect from me.

rasen78

You mean wanting to serve their country and defend it to the best of their abilities, and with their lives if necessary

BadgeIsBack

If I may:

Whilst both are uniformed services, to me - the single biggest difference between a serviceman and a policeman is that a policeman gets to go home after every shift and is very much a part of the society that trained him or her - (yes yes I've heard all the knockers!!) : a serviceman could spend years stationed away in a tight-knit community with infact little contact with the world at large, and indeed work on shift for many, many months(!) Perhaps the levels of intensity are greater?

A serviceman is trained to kill, and is expected to have to kill (ultimately). A policeman is armed in self-defence.

EvannTel

Oh well if they had tats they must have been corrupt.If thats you level of prejudice perhaps best your not a copper eh?

andrew63

Yep, call it prejudice. I don't expect to see my lawyer, my doctor or my bank manager covered in tats. 80% of prisoners have tats. Prejudice? or Fact? What does that say?
I don't expect police to be covered in tats.

commonwealth

well...the sydney police are usually cute. can't complain.

slapphead_otool

You do realize its make believe don't you Chris?

Its not real mate, they are actors.

eddie007

Thats a shame... To be so prejudiced... Its a FACT that we are seeing a new generation of people from all walks of life who are embracing body art as a means of self expression.... And it has passed you by....

commonwealth

let's dance haka

commonwealth

the cops are cuter in real life.

BadgeIsBack

I've said this before. I have a small tatoo. I got it before they were fashionable and it was a bit of a talking point in some places. It's now gone.

If truth be told, tattoos are not clever at all, in my opinion, and I don't like them - unless they are so devilishly cute and mostly hidden. And yes, people from all walks of life have had tatoos at various times.

eddie007

They were fashionable when i got mine... But not as extensive as they are nowadays... And not as "visable" on most females...we mostly kept ours undercover

andrew63

Don't think so at all. No problem with tasteful tats but full arm and leg - as far as I am concerned - are not acceptable for public facing employees of any industry. I will never, ever, employ one and plenty of my colleagues are of the same opinion.
Next thing the "anti-prejudice" police will be saying is that the new ban on bikie gangs owning tattoo parlors doesn't make sense. Go figure...