It’s All.. So Quiet.. Shh

Well day one, went out into the darkness on foot patrol. After all, I’m but a Lv.1 Special at the moment!

The excitement of the start was slowly dulled by starting the day with admin duties. Having spent the working week on the PC, I find I’m not overly enthusiastic about spending my policing time on the computers. But with the level of paperwork I’m sure to see, it’s something I’ll have to get used to.

We went out walking and must’ve covered a good few miles throughout the 5 hour foot patrol. Into shops, making sure everything’s okay and into parks with children.. who legged it to another area of the park, so that they were away from the empty beer & cider bottles we found a little later..

So a quiet night. Should be more active next week, but I’m expecting mainly quiet nights while I’m a lv.1 until I start going on operations, or into the town centre!

And yes, in closing, it was my very first patrol, and I was asked by what appeared to be a pregnant 14 year old if she could urinate in my helmet.

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I’m Out, Man.

First official ‘going out’ duty is Friday!

Took a while. Couple of inductions first.. Day in the Control Room, day in Custody, a day which was, basically, a tour around the station (which isn’t exactly a big station, took about 10 minutes for the tour, and 50 minutes to go through expenses..)

Excited & nervous. Friday night, don’t know what to expect!

On a more sour note – I find it absolutely shocking that I have to work out bus routes to get to my station in order to claim expenses. I live a nice distance away from my station. The best mode of transport would be the train. It’s a good job they don’t make you actually use the bus to get to station.. if I was on duty at 6.30pm, I’d have to set off at 3pm just to get there in time.

Pain in the backside. But to be honest, if that’s my biggest gripe so far about this venture into being a volunteer Constable.. I think I can live with it. Just means I’ll have to put some effort into my expenses!

Real Policing awaits! Bring on Friday!

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