‘ I DREAM'D in a dream, I saw a city invincible to the attacks of the whole of the rest of the earth’
Joined August 2010
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Didn’t realise there were Japanese torpedo boats in the channel today.
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01 21. Do one.
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May 29
Fuze (2026) Met Police uniform accuracy
✅ current axon model
✅ Current MetVest/Oldish style
❌Old Motorola radio?
✅ Mix and Mash of how cops look, kind if like reality.
I always wonder if that costume person filming outside of the nick I spent 6 hours talking to listened
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May 24
If you say the words “more units on the hurry up” into your PR.
You’ll have upwards of 20/40 cops suddenly appear at your location.
The last time I was on the floor trying to restrain someone under arrest, I looked up to see a wall of TSG, response, BTP,SNT barreling towards me
May 24
When I did my ride along with the Met there were 14 officers (including us) at just one of the jobs we attended.
A previous ride along with D&C? I was with a single crew PC & there were just 11 officers for the whole section shift.
The contrast was wild.
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May 13
An Imperial Facility? Attacked in broad daylight?!!
May 13
Could our predecessors have ever imagined a situation where this was even possible.
Where stations were so sparse and empty that this could happen without cops just arresting them immediately.
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Now I’m done joking.
Most of you’ve probably never heard of S76 Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008.
This great piece of legislation covers ‘honest held belief’.
Everytime I rack my baton, place hands on someone or draw my Taser. It goes in my statment. 🧵
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It’s a risky technique, you press the button for too long and the continous electricy will kill him, you accidentally let go and he will get up again and be able to attack you again, which you believe he will as nothing has stopped him so far.
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Success, he’s on the floor, the taser is beeping and it’s going through the 5 second cycle. Your oppo hear your shouting and is now on scene, the cycle is complete and he’s still holding the knife, he’s getting back up so you decide to go for control under power.
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You squeeze the trigger and two probs fly through the air, one pings off his thick yellow coat. So you deploy again “TASER TASER”, every second he gets closer you think you’re about to get stabbed, your heart is pumping and adrenaline is flowing through your veins.
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It is your honest held belief that if you get near him, from the information presented to you, that he will stab you it you get close enough.
So you draw your Taser, arming it and shouting the challenge “Police officer with Taser get on the floor!” He ignores you and advances.
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Let’s say it’s 02:00, you’ve been despatched to a robbery, the aspect is described as wearing a big yellow rain coat and also carrying a huge Rambo knife, saying he’d stab any cop who came for him
You round the corner into the dark alley and facing you is that person.
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Damn.
There are so many fighting-a-knife-wielding-maniac subject matter experts on here.
And Taser experts. Too much Hollywood for some.
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Apr 21
Note to new cops;
If you’re in custody dealing with a detainee, stop letting them walk behind you to the desk.
It’s dumb. It will get you hurt one day.
I keep seeing it, almost daily.
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Apr 10
Guv! Guvnor!
Skip! Skipper
Fackin luv the intracies of titles in police culture.
My favourite from cockney slang is Jack and Jill.
Anyone following who has recently joined the job? Were you taught anything on rank and understanding of lawful orders?
Phone call with a new officer earlier regarding an incident. Called me 'mate' 3 times and then said "No, I think that's your job"
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Mar 29
Don’t know this account.
Never seen it before.
However the amount of days I’m stood with colleagues and we keep saying “radio sure is dead today, been a single I grade and one S”.
Sometimes literally nothing is happening in central London.
Mar 28
Do you know what’s mad. I spent all day in central London today and wasn’t murdered once.
I’m starting to think these claims about London being crime-ridden might be false.
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Mar 26
Listen, Chappell, if I have to stand outside BP and have thirty gazillion photos taken of me wearing a beat duty every 2 weeks for £45,000 a year.
You can say hello to a kid,
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Mar 13
Until they are used as a weapon to batter you.
They need to go please.
Mar 12
Nice to see a return of the old-fashioned police hats. I asked if we'll be seeing this more often, and they seemed quite happy to inform me that it will. ⏳️
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Feb 15
Politics aside.
This is excellent use of common law and Section 3 of the CJA.
Legal✅
Proportionate ✅
Necessary ✅
If someone comes at you with a knife intent to maim or kill you. You absolutly can grab a chair and batter them.
🔴In England, a guy who was smashing people’s cars with a machete in his hand learns the hard way that he shouldn’t have touched the bar where English people were watching the match after he breaks the window and gets the beating of his life!
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Feb 13
Hope all my colleagues have a nice, easy, quiet Friday 13th on shift
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Me on the left everytime I’m on a carrier with the all my mates with the blues blaring and venga bus being turned up.
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