The Emergency Services
Tell us your tales of the police, ambulance workers, firefighters, and - dammit - the coastguard
( , Thu 16 May 2013, 11:33)
Tell us your tales of the police, ambulance workers, firefighters, and - dammit - the coastguard
( , Thu 16 May 2013, 11:33)
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I once had a job training coppers at Hendon police academy
It was a fine time; We were overpaid and poorly supervised by police who had little idea what we did. Given a free rein, we maturely reacted by having 3 hour lunches and letting our project deadlines slide for months. I was shooting educational videos on things like misuse of drugs and criminal damage. My favourite job, even though it really wasn't part of my role, was turning up to the media training sessions for senior detective level or above. I'd pose as a journalist in mock press conferences and deviate from the script by asking the most awkward or difficult questions I could, just to get that rabbit-in-the-headlights look from coppers clearly way-out of their comfort zone.
Mock Journo: "Why is the search taking so long? Do you have any leads about the identity of the kidnappers?"
Superintendant: "We are doing everything we can to find the missing girl. The public will have to accept that these things take time"
Me: "And how many times of the girl being raped do the police consider an acceptable number, Superintendant?"
Superintendant: "......"
( , Thu 16 May 2013, 21:19, 1 reply)
It was a fine time; We were overpaid and poorly supervised by police who had little idea what we did. Given a free rein, we maturely reacted by having 3 hour lunches and letting our project deadlines slide for months. I was shooting educational videos on things like misuse of drugs and criminal damage. My favourite job, even though it really wasn't part of my role, was turning up to the media training sessions for senior detective level or above. I'd pose as a journalist in mock press conferences and deviate from the script by asking the most awkward or difficult questions I could, just to get that rabbit-in-the-headlights look from coppers clearly way-out of their comfort zone.
Mock Journo: "Why is the search taking so long? Do you have any leads about the identity of the kidnappers?"
Superintendant: "We are doing everything we can to find the missing girl. The public will have to accept that these things take time"
Me: "And how many times of the girl being raped do the police consider an acceptable number, Superintendant?"
Superintendant: "......"
( , Thu 16 May 2013, 21:19, 1 reply)
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