I was alerted to this eminently readable policemen?s blog by a Sunday Broadsheet. It narrates the day-to-day madness and lunacy of the ever increasing political correctness that is now hampering ordinary officers in dealing with the rising tide of scumbags and wasters in our society. David Copperfield (not his real name) is purportedly an ordinary copper trying to do his job in a small town somewhere north of Birmingham. Here?s his copper?s guide to recognising the Underclass. There?s plenty more amusing, depressing, and eye opening stuff on this arbitrary selection of pages.
RECOGNISING THE UNDERCLASS- A copper's guide
The simple way is watch the "Trisha" show on ITV in the mornings. I've actually lost count of the number of people I've met doing this job who either a) Are watching Trisha when I go into their houses, b) Are stupid enough to go on the Trisha show as either participants or in the audience, or c) Have actually been on the show.
I won't go into how they look (dress etc.) because that's done better elsewhere (like here):
the thing to remember about them (from a policeman's point of view) is how daft they are. How often have you, dear reader, been to a police station either as an offender or injured party? The chavs that I deal with are always there, either being arrested by the Police or being punched by their neighbours, and who can blame them? You see them at about 2.30- 300 am drunk and fighting and wondering why they are getting arrested. Me? I love it when they cry, and when the women fight and scream. I quite like interviewing them the next morning, especially the women, when they have sobered up and have suddenly become "victims" despite their bleeding knuckles. My favourite exchange? This one:
Female chav (having been arrested for Section 4 POA):" I think it was really a cry for help"
Me "I think I'll be the judge of that, don't you?"
Anyway, more of this again soon, as and when I think of other attributes shared by people who regularly visit Police stations in the great nation of ours.
Officer Dibble