UK Cop Humour

Credit where it's due... reasonable outcome, fairly acceptable outcome. Not often you can say that about @policeconduct BBC News - Milton Keynes rail station shooting 'necessary' - police watchdog - BBC News bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

It's just a joke... honest. 🙃

Can't lie... We're proud of this one! Just need to see if it's accurate or not... 😎

Can't help but wonder how @ZackPolanski would've handled this...

@PhillipCDUK @toniwriter @KentPolFed How much does a "Nissan Technician" get paid? None of us have a clue about your job, but tell us and we'll decide if it's too much. 🙏🏻

@toniwriter @KentPolFed There should be a maximum of £50000 pa in any public sector job. This is why the country has gone to pot because they are screwing the system! Police Stations that are shut or part time, hospitals that have limited services etc. Greed is why this is happening!

Today it has been announced by Kent Police that the Chief Constable will be reducing the South East Allowance paid to officers from September 2026, by £250.  At a time when the cost of living is rocketing, how can this be right? Reaction from our Chair facebook.com/share/1BCJwwaC…

We have a wonderful announcement. It is with the most enormous pleasure we share with you today that Pete Wicks, a passionate advocate for all animals, has become our new Global Ambassador. Pete is well known for his love of dogs, as well as his kindness, compassion, and his unique ability to articulate the profound bond between humans and animals. His award-winning and record breaking TV show ‘For Dogs Sake’ (available to stream on U) shows his unrivalled dedication and empathy to these beautiful animals and we are delighted to have him hold such an important role for our ongoing work. We know he will share our message, as well as our mission, on behalf of both serving and retired service animals from across the UK. Pete said: “𝐼 𝑎𝑚 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑙𝑦 ℎ𝑜𝑛𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑠 𝐺𝑙𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑙 𝐴𝑚𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑑𝑜𝑟 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑁𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝐹𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑅𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑆𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝐴𝑛𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑠. 𝑆𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑑𝑜𝑔𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑃𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑒, 𝐹𝑖𝑟𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐵𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝐹𝑜𝑟𝑐𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑠, 𝑎𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑠, 𝑖𝑠 𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒’𝑠 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒. 𝐼𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑟𝑢𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑤𝑒 ‘𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠’ 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑔𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑒. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑠𝑜 𝑚𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑢𝑠, 𝑠𝑜 𝑤𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟.” We are incredibly proud to welcome Pete to the NFRSA family, and we look forward to working alongside him for the good of our service animals; those working, those retired, and beyond. 📸 @jamesrudland

Please donate if you are able to: Liam is a dedicated family man and Police Officer, currently serving on the Armed Response teams. He has put others above himself his whole life, and now Liam and his family need your help. Three months ago Liam was preparing for the arrival of his third child when he was rushed into hospital. The discovery of a brain tumour and a major haemorrhage led to emergency surgery. While he was receiving life-saving treatment, his wife Lucy was giving birth to a beautiful baby boy. What should have been one of the happiest times for this family quickly became the hardest — a situation no family should ever face. Liam continues to be hospitalised and faces a long recovery from a serious brain injury and oncology treatment. At home, Lucy is caring for their newborn and two young children while trying to support Liam through treatment and rehabilitation. Please donate and give the Sealeys love, hope, and support during this time of uncertainty and worry. Help them focus on Liam’s recovery, being together, and getting this good man home: gofundme.com/f/liam-and-the…

💙 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗹 💙 𝗜𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗮𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲. South Wales Police have confirmed the tragic death of 𝗣𝗖 𝗥𝗲𝗵𝗮𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗸𝗵𝘁𝗮𝗿 (𝟴𝟲𝟱𝟬), aged 28. Rehaan was reported missing while out with friends in Bristol on 23 November 2025. A major search followed and, heartbreakingly, he was later found deceased. Our thoughts are with his girlfriend Emma, his mother Fozia, his loved ones and his colleagues across the force. In Essex, an officer died on 19 November 2025 while responding to an emergency call on the A12 near Ingatestone. The officer’s name has not yet been released publicly. We will update this section when further details and a family approved fundraiser become available. The Metropolitan Police Federation has also announced the sudden passing of 𝗣𝗖 𝗟𝘂𝗸𝗲 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵, who leaves behind a young family. It is believed that Luke died from natural causes. Verified information from the family or the Met will be shared when it is released. Three officers. Three families. Three policing communities now facing unimaginable loss. To lose so many in such a short period of time is devastating. The policing family feels this deeply. As we have done many times before, UK Cop Humour will be running a Thin Blue Line fundraiser to support the families of all three officers. From today until midnight on 𝟳 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿, every Thin Blue Line item sold will generate a donation. These donations will be collected and split equally between the verified fundraisers for the three families. If any Family Liaison Officers are following this page, or if anyone close to the families can help confirm the correct donation links, please contact us directly through our website so that support can be directed accurately and respectfully. A confirmed fundraiser for PC Akhtar is posted in the comments. If any followers become aware of further fundraisers for the other officers, please share them in the comments, but only if they are confirmed to be endorsed by the families. All Thin Blue Line products can be found here: ukcophumour.co.uk/shop/thin-blue… (and they can be purchased by ANYONE, whether you're in the police or not, all support is greatly appreciated 💙) To see our previous charity donations, updated quarterly, visit: blackicetrading.com/news Our love and strength go to the families, friends and colleagues of PC Akhtar, PC North and the Essex officer whose name has not yet been released. Three officers who served with pride. Three families facing the darkest of days. We will remember you. 💙

𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐦𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐟𝐟 💚 Ambulance Staff Crisis Phoneline 🌐 theasc.org.uk/crisis Immediate crisis support for ambulance personnel. 📞 0300 373 0898 💚 Surfwell 🌐 surfwell.co.uk Surf therapy programme for ambulance and blue light workers. 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥 🔥 The Fire Fighters Charity 🌐 firefighterscharity.org.uk Physical, mental and social support for serving and retired fire service staff. 📞 0800 3898820 🔥 Rock2Recovery UK 🌐 rock2recovery.co.uk Support for those affected by stress and trauma within the emergency services. 📞 01392 278129 𝐕𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 🎖️ Op Courage (NHS Veterans Mental Health and Wellbeing Service) 🌐 nhs.uk/nhs-services/a… 🎖️ SSAFA 🌐 ssafa.org.uk Support for serving personnel, veterans and families. 📞 0800 260 6767 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 💬 Shout 🌐 giveusashout.org Free, confidential text based crisis support. Text SHOUT to 85258 💬 Men Walking and Talking 🌐 menwalkingtalking.co.uk Nationwide walking groups encouraging men to talk and connect. 💬 Wonderful Life Academy 🌐 wonderfullifeacademy.com Free wellbeing and resilience workshops. 💬 Woodland Warrior Programme 🌐 woodlandwarriorprogramme.org Outdoor courses to decompress and rebuild confidence. If you know any other organisations, add them in the comments and we will check and include them. Please share this post. If one person sees it and reaches out for help, it is worth it. A simple comment or even a 💙 will help push this post further so someone who needs it will see it. Stay safe out there and look out for each other. 💙

𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐞𝐧’𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 💙 Today matters. Not for balloons or hashtags, but because men in policing and the wider emergency services are still dying in silence. We lose police officers every year, often without any warning, and the impact is felt forever by those left behind. If you know the job, you know the truth. It is extremely unlikely that you will finish a full career without a phone call telling you that someone you worked with has taken their own life. Some officers will even hear that tragic news more than once. The grief will stay with you for life. Policing is heavy. The workload, the trauma, the uncertainty, and the constant belief that you should cope because everyone else is struggling as well. Then, add the growing pressure of lengthy PSD/DPS investigations that drag on for months or even years. Careers, reputations and families are placed - and left - in limbo. Simply put, bad cops need removing. No one disputes that. But when good cops are suspended for years over matters that would see a criminal suspect dealt with and in court in less than half the time, something is seriously wrong. Some officers clear criminal allegations, walk out of court with no case to answer, and still have to begin a misconduct process that can go on for years. That lack of proportionality is breaking good people. Even PSD and DPS staff are caught up in the same storm. They get a bad reputation by default, but many of them are simply honest cops doing an impossible job with far too many cases and far too few resources. They can't apply common sense and make quick decisions because the system doesn't allow them to. Does that sound familiar? Here's the part that matters most. Men in policing hide distress well. Sometimes too well. But if you're a police officer, you're trained to spot when things don't look right. You know when someone is off. If you notice a colleague go quiet, pull away, or simply not seem themselves, just ask the question. A simple, genuine conversation can be the difference between someone coping and someone giving up. Look out for each other. It is not a slogan. It is survival. We know that many people will read this quietly and never comment, but it might be the post that gets them through the day. Below is a verified list of organisations for anyone who needs support. You are never on your own. There is always someone available, no matter the hour. 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐟𝐟 🔵 Thin Blue Line UK 🌐 thinbluelineuk.org.uk Welfare, hardship support and community initiatives. 🔵 Flint House Police Rehabilitation 🌐 flinthouse.co.uk Rehabilitation treatment for serving and retired officers and staff. 📞 01491 874499 🔵 Police Care UK 🌐 policecare.org.uk Support for serving and retired officers, staff, volunteers and their families. 📞 0300 012 0030 🔵 PTSD999 🌐 ptsd-999.com Support for emergency personnel affected by trauma and PTSD. 🔵 Curtis Palmer Program 🌐 curtispalmerprogram.org Adventure therapy for serving and retired emergency staff. 🔵 Frontline19 🌐 frontline19.com Confidential therapy for all emergency services and families. 🔵 Walk and Talk 999 🌐 walkandtalk999.co.uk Peer support through group walks that encourage open conversation. 🔵 Police Chaplaincy UK 🌐 policechaplaincy.uk Confidential listening for anyone in the police service, not faith dependent. 🔵 Oscar Kilo 🌐 oscarkilo.org.uk National Police Wellbeing Service and wellbeing resources. 🔵 PFOA 🌐 pfoa.co.uk Support for police officers, staff and families, including counselling. 🔵 Injury On Duty Pensioners Association (IODPA) 🌐 iodpa.org Support for officers medically retired or injured on duty. 🔵 NARPO 🌐 narpo.org Support for retired officers and partners including welfare and pensions.

Teddy Kelt committed a string of brazen and violent robberies across the railway network. He’s just been sentenced to ten years in prison following our investigation. Listen to the detective in charge of the case as he tells you how we solved it. 🧐

@margieblondon @BTP @BTPolFed @CambsCops @LNER @networkrail @NHSEastEngland Um, no. We're just a humour account on Social Media. We don't have intel databases. Sorry.

@UKCopHumour @BTP @BTPolFed @CambsCops @LNER @networkrail @NHSEastEngland He was already on your radar, wasn't he.

⏱️ 𝗘𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 𝗘𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘁𝗲𝘀 from the first panicked 999 call to the moment armed officers boarded the train and detained two suspects. 𝗘𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘁𝗲𝘀 for the BT Operator, Police Call Handler, Control Room Inspector, and Radio Dispatcher to turn chaos into clarity and send help racing towards danger. 𝗘𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘁𝗲𝘀 to activate well-rehearsed plans with Ambulance, Fire, and partner agencies working tirelessly behind the scenes. 𝗘𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘁𝗲𝘀 to brief Firearms Officers on what they were running into and what they might have to face. 𝗘𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘁𝗲𝘀 for @CambsCops and the @BTP Huntingdon coordinate a seamless response. 𝗘𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘁𝗲𝘀 for a train driver to contact Network Rail and divert the service onto a slower line so it could stop safely at a station. 𝗘𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘁𝗲𝘀 for ordinary passengers to do extraordinary things, standing up to the attackers and likely preventing even greater harm. Time is precious. Sometimes it’s incredible what can be achieved in the shortest amount of it. Stay safe out there and look out for each other 💙

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@maurice_1960 @JJSharpers In what sense? Police can't just ask to look at your phone randomly to see if you're behaving, so not sure how that applies to our point at all?

@UKCopHumour @JJSharpers If the job can legally intrude on a member of the public, the same standard has to be applicable, no more, no less

I simply don’t believe as a police officer you should be part of any organisation you’re not willing to declare. I also cannot fathom, if there’s nothing to hide, why you wouldn’t. And yeah, for the record, if I was a member of the WI, I would be more than willing to declare.

"OH BOLLARDS!" (It's okay, no-one noticed!) 👀

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗧𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗸𝗲𝘀, 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗹 Last night’s Panorama put the spotlight on policing in the capital for the wrong reasons. By mid-morning today, that spotlight shifted to Greater Manchester Police, where officers were called to face the very worst of humanity. At 9:31, reports came in of an attack at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation in Crumpsall. Within minutes, GMP firearms officers had responded, and by 9:38 the terrorist had been neutralised. Tragically, 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗼𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 and several more injured. The attacker was also shot dead by police. Our thoughts are with the victims, their families, and all those caught up in this devastating attack. 𝗦𝘆𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗼𝗴𝘂𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 helped prevent the attacker from forcing his way inside. Their bravery, together with the officers who went forward when others would have run, stopped this from becoming far worse. Manchester has faced atrocities before. The threat of terrorism is not fading. But once again the people of Manchester came together, stood shoulder to shoulder, and sent a message. 𝗪𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗯𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝗿. 𝗪𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲. Whatever your politics, beliefs, or religion, they can differ - but we can still respect, support, & love one another. Strength comes through unity. Those who criticise policing or call to dismantle it will never be the ones running into scenes like this. They run away. The officers who attended are not superhuman. They feel, they remember, they fear. What sets them apart is choice. They step forward, act, and protect others, despite knowing some will criticise, whatever the outcome. This was an attack on Jewish worshippers, on Manchester, and on every community that values peace and decency. Do not let it divide us. Let it strengthen our resolve to stand together and build stronger bonds across communities. 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹. Policing will be there to keep you safe as you do. Stay safe out there and look out for each other 💙 @gmpolice @GMPCityCentre @GMPFederation @JewishNewsUK @JLC_uk

@martin_clark1 @metpoliceuk @BBCPanorama No.

@UKCopHumour @metpoliceuk @BBCPanorama The tv schedules are full of “fly on the wall” programs showing exactly the positive you describe - but only the positive - of police work. Don’t cry when some balance is put out. You say showing this makes the police’s job harder. Are you arguing it should’ve been buried?

𝗣𝗮𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗮, 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗕𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 Panorama spent seven months undercover in the Met. We've cut all of that down to 59 seconds: the journalist admitting he saw countless police officers doing an excellent job in the toughest of circumstances. Because that’s the reality. Policing is about extraordinary individuals doing incredible work in impossible situations. The police are the public and the public are the police. They’re not higher beings. They’re people from every walk of life who put in an application for a job. Yes, it’s a job with huge responsibility, but it’s still drawn from the same pool of society as every other workforce. And that means you’ll see the good, the bad, and the ugly reflected within it. The best vetting in the world won’t tell you what someone might say when they’re in a pub with a journalist asking leading questions. Not that that excuses behaviour shown in the programme for one second. What was said was shameful and beneath the standards of any decent human being, let alone a police officer. But every time something like that is aired, it makes the job so much harder for everyone else who still has to walk out the door and put on the uniform the next day. And of course, what you’ll never see is a journalist spending seven months undercover just to show you the good. You won’t see them filming officers comforting victims of domestic violence, or taking a neglected child to McDonald’s because they haven’t eaten in days, or holding the hand of someone dying in a road traffic collision, or knocking on a door at 3am to tell a wife and children that daddy isn’t coming home. You won’t see them filming a van full of officers, young and old, big and small, driving at midnight into the middle of a pub fight, knowing full well they could be hurt but going anyway so that others don’t. That’s the reality of policing. And it’s worth remembering, whatever the headlines, that the vast majority are out there trying to do good in a world that doesn’t often want to see it. 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘆 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿. [🎥 Credit: BBC]