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The worst thing is the pressure of knowing that you can hardly put a foot wrong. If you do, you will be in trouble, and that is something that you do need to get your head around right from the beginning. Knowing that you can't make mistakes can often make you so nervous that you end up making...

I had an experience once when working with a group of youths who we had been struggling with for a long time. They were always causing trouble in the street and around shops. I was talking to each of them individually in their homes with their parents, and one who used to have a right attitude...

It depends the circumstances surrounding the occasion, but yes, there are times that it could go on your record. You need to take a lesson from this and make sure that you never do it again in the future - if of course you are allowed to continue selling alcohol at all. It can be difficult...

I do know where you're coming from, and it is a worry that at some point there will be a person at the top of an organisation who does not actually have to answer to anybody at all. However, you just have to trust their professional integrity and hope that they will do everything that they can...

I think that they are entertaining, and believe that they can teach people valuable lessons of what might happen if you choose to break the law. Of course, there are things that are shown that are not accurate, but you will get that on almost any type of television show because of the very...

I know that the police officers who work in my area have to stop and search a certain number of people on a weekly basis. It is to try and keep the streets safe, however a lot of the time it can result in people feeling as though they are being targeted by the police when this is simply not the...

I think that this would be a fantastic thing to do, because it would mean that there would no longer be any unanswered questions about who fired a shot - because you would be able to see it there and then. It would help to stop people from worrying about things going wrong, and would also stop...

Yes, it will certainly help. It can show that you have a lot of the skills and values that are required to join the police, and it will look much better on your CV in comparison to the people who not able to show that they have any such experience. You should try to get as much done as possible...

Just because you are big does not mean that you are unfit, and this is something that will become apparent when you start to think of your fitness tests. As long as you are able to do everything just as well as the other people who are being tested, you should find that you are given a chance...

There really is nothing that you can do to dull the pain, because you already know that it's going to happen, and that there's nothing that you can do about it. But you should find that the determination of passing the test is enough to see you through. You will be expecting the pain, keep a...

I will never be able to understand what must be going through someone's mind in order to make them behave in such a way. The cost on the taxpayer must be huge to take people like this to trial - people who have done things for no apparent reason, and who have gained nothing from their actions. I...

All of the officers who I know only use any kind of violence when it is absolutely necessary, and when they would be put at risk themselves if they did not choose to do this. However I am also more than aware that there might be other people who indeed choose to harm others when there is no real...

You should not be viewed as any differently to anybody else just because you have certain members in your family. You need to be realistic as well though - for example do you think that your job might put you or your family at risk because of things that they have done in the past? You need to...

This is great to see. As I have mentioned on another thread today, there are far too many people who don't understand the good things that the police do, and this can give them a warped perception of what they are here for. This book, if read carefully, might make people realise just what kind...

I prefer working longer days together and then grouping my days off together, because it means that I am able to spend more time with my family, and also have plenty of time as a break if that is something that I want. I often have four days off at once, and if they cross the weekend, which they...

You have to have heavy blinds, as that can make the room look completely black even in the middle of the day. If you're not able to do this, then you could find that an eye mask would work just as well. Ear plugs are also a great idea if you're struggling to get to sleep, and you can get some...

It very much depends on the area that you're in at the time. Of course, once you have had a certain amount of alcohol, there is no way that you should be driving the car. There is a chance that any passing police vehicle would stop to question your intent about that, but on the whole as long as...

I think with any job of this nature, the focus is always on the "helping people" and not the other aspects of the job. You will find that yes, the job is very rewarding, but also that there is all kinds of stress that nobody bothers to talk about when they are getting the jobs, and this means...

Almost all of the police officers that I have come into contact with say that they are happy to answer questions, so long as it does not interfere with what they are doing at the time. It is important for the public to feel as though they are able to approach the police, and part of this is...

I think that sometimes the police can get bad press because there is a lot of negative stuff reported. But that is by far outweighed by the wonderful things that they do day in and day out that just aren't mentioned at all. It's a shame that there's this attitude, because the majority of us...