Brick Cop©️

Stop the world, I’d like to get off please. How on earth could a jury not find a verdict on GBH with intent? It’s on camera. There is no lawful excuse of ‘defending someone with a sledgehammer’. 🤦🏼‍♂️ Who would want to be a Police Officer? #ThinBlueLine 🚨

Brick Cop, what were you like in the 90s? #ThinBlueLine 🚨

@MStompy167 @NPASLondon @NPAShq

@Brick_Cop @NPASLondon @NPAShq Great pic - just the right amount of moodiness and menace!

Last week I had the good fortune to catch up with one of the brilliant crews based at Lippits Hill, the home of @NPASLondon 🚁 NPAS crews have a special working dynamic. Pure teamwork to assist their colleagues on the ground. Quick, clear, necessary communication combined with a laugh and a joke; all whilst spinning at a rate of knots, controlling a camera, listening to four radio channels, and keeping an eye on the ground below. My ideal office, I won’t lie. We assisted with a number of pursuits and helped to find a vulnerable person as well as pausing over crime hot spots to pick out potential persons and vehicles of interest. On our final return to base, I took my favourite ever photo of the city we Police. Thank you all again for having me and a truly brilliant afternoon’s flying. #ThinBlueLine 🚨

@NPASLondon @NPAShq Thanks bro! 🫡

@Brick_Cop @NPAShq Stunning photo!!

@MPFed @J_Harrington212 @metpoliceuk

Three @metpoliceuk who faced immense danger - with two severely injured - when they confronted a man who had just killed a teenage boy with a samurai sword have won London Police Bravery Awards. Well done to PC Cameron King & Inspector Moloy Campbell. facebook.com/MetFederation/…

@PolitlcsUK @genevieve_holl

🚨 NEW: The Green Party has drafted proposals to reduce the time police can detain terror suspects from 14 days to 4 [@genevieve_holl]

@apoliticaleye @grahamwettone

@Brick_Cop @grahamwettone Sorry, I'll have a long chat with myself.

The Met FR scanned 3,147,436 faces and took 962 wanted people off the streets, with just 10 people "inconvenienced. And these people want one of the greatest steps forwards in the detection of offenders stopped. 2 murders • 1 attempted murder • 1 serious sexual assault • 4 stabbings • 1 assault involving a noxious substance met.police.uk/SysSiteAssets/…

Jordan Peebles, 32, pulled out a kitchen knife as he robbed an off-licence in Coventry on Christmas Eve. But as he filled his bag with goods the shop worker he had assaulted ran outside and lowered the shutters. Read the full story ➡️ trib.al/hRXwnN9

@PCPanda15 @MentalHealthCop

@Brick_Cop @MentalHealthCop I still remember being assaulted whilst single crewed and CPS NFA’ing it as I “did not take into account his vulnerabilities” 🤷🏼‍♂️ didn’t even speak to the chap before he assaulted me!!

"I was moving more towards ... crime or mental health". Those two things are not mutually exclusive - it's not crime OR mental health, it's crime AND mental health. #NottinghamInquiry

Long day- but am pleased to have passed my Clinical Instructor Course. Next up… GIC!

@NPASLondon @annockh

@Brick_Cop had a nice surprise when I returned to work today after being off sick, one of my colleagues had left a Burglar complete with swag bag and a Traffic Cop on my desk to cheer me up 💙 #lego

Leaving for the last time,I arrived as DS and left as Mr, 22 and half years completed, thanks to all those that have supported me both inside and outside the job, memories that will last, both good and bad. Now onto the next chapter and see what it brings #24hoursinpolicecustody

A Metropolitan Police officer who was off-duty when he jumped into a river to save the life of a woman has won a London Police Bravery Award. Congratulations PC Adam Darlow facebook.com/MetFederation/…

Often, the messages I receive are truly quite humbling. Some of our colleagues really did have a highly traumatic time over the weekend and it is so lovely to receive and be able to share message of thanks and support for the work that they did. Thank you all. #ThinBlueLine 🚨

I’ll just leave this here. 🤷🏼‍♂️ #ThinBlueLine 🚨

@gmhales Essentially, he’d been told there was mass stabbings and whilst three lives had been lost, he was relived there hadn’t been more. It sounds callous without the context to the trauma we deal with everyday. But people don’t want to hear that.

I've not been following this inquiry. What was the context for this comment, and what was the tone in which it was made?

@MardyGov @LucyGoBag I think there’s understanding, I just don’t think we can convey how it hardens us. We are traumatised beyond explanation and to most it’s incomprehensible and they can’t fathom why we choose humour to dealt with it…🤷🏼‍♂️

@Brick_Cop @LucyGoBag Academics don’t understand the cumulative impact of trauma upon cops, and exactly as you stated our tolerance grows. It’s not being dismissive, we’ll always compare with the last ‘bad’ incident we dealt with. In a perverse way it’s growth, but through trauma, which isn’t good.

Probably most common phrase I hear commanders utter. Can’t count number of times my forehead has crinkled at it. Because they are trained with scenarios that often have a death toll in the hundreds. I know where it comes from - But needs to become something that is trained out