Could You?
Unfortunately, I don’t know who wrote this, it’s doing the rounds on FB & email at the moment:
Could you tell a father his daughter is dead?
Could you tell a mother her son’s in the hospital bed?
Could you keep calm in a frenzied attack?
Could you stand firm when you’d rather go back?
Could you be patient when being constantly lied to?
Could you be alone with nowhere to hide to?
Could you tolerate being abused day and night?
Could you be ready to break up another drunken fight?
Could you live with restrictions to your private life?
Could you be patient with a man who just battered his wife?
Could you be professional dealing with a young boy abused?
Could you be unmoved by a young girl who’s been used?
Could you be prepared to work all manner of hours?
Could you face criticism from those in ivory towers?
Could you explain to your partner why you are late again?
Could you pick up body parts from a person hit by a train?
Could you take a pay cut or pay more into your pension?
Could you deal with evil too dreadful to mention?
Could you rise above being called fat lazy fools?
Could you work when everyone else has downed tools?
Could you be ready to help whether on duty or not?
Could you deal with a baby found dead in the cot?
Could you accept being condemned by politicians?
Could you possibly work under these conditions?
Keithu says:
Can we not drug the party leaders (all of them) and tatoo this inside their eyelids
April 4th, 2012 at 23:24
Alpha Tango says:
Aye, let the politicians do a set of shift’s, warts and all. Domestic violence, Killed or seriously injured RTC, fight in progress, attending as a single crewed officer with back up 20 mins away down to the banal
We may then see a change for the better!!! Thats for officers upholding the law and support staff, and members of the public, thats me now:)
April 5th, 2012 at 12:43
27 Years Retired says:
I suspect that wide circulation of the above is only amongst police officers, or those linked to them. During my time in the Job it was clear that very few people knew or cared about what our work entailed. When I retired and took other employment I discovered that the ignorance was even worse than I had thought. Like the guy who said that my role, after a promotion, was the same as his, that of a line manager. When I asked him how often he finished up fighting with his customers he refused to believe that it could happen to me.
The folks who should be made to answer these questions – they will never be placed in the position of having to do the work – are the Civil Servants within the Home Office who think that it will be physically possible for a 59 years old to do the job of a any officer who comes face to face with the less appealing members of the public.
April 5th, 2012 at 19:54
Lee Floyd says:
With the exception of some, but not all, of the death and injury criteria, this sounds like my job as Headteacher
April 11th, 2012 at 17:29