The day in the life of a Police Officer

The working day of a Police Officer is a varied one. His or her day can start at 7 in the morning and run until 7 in the evening. Or even better it can start at 7 in the evening and run until 7 the next morning…know as the night shift. How these poor souls manage a 12-hour workday is unbelievable. Each officer, male or female, tall or short would need the strength and stamina to sustain a gruelling 12-hour shift.

Whichever shift an officer is assigned to, they are briefed on their tasks for the day ahead. The lucky ones get to patrol their local beat. Picking up unsavoury characters getting up to no good. They use all their strength and their might to intervene in what this low life is getting up to. Be it shop lifting, holding up a joint…whatever. Once the perpetrator has been thrown into jail the excitement of the day does not end there. There are forms to be filled in. Some officers take it as part of their job. While others don’t see why they need to fill in all this paperwork. There are forms that need to detail the particulars of this unsavoury character…name, age, address, male/female, and criminal offence. Forms where they have to list and bag any items that have been taken from the assailant. Then they are locked away until he or she is released or bailed.

This is a possible day of the lucky officers. The not so lucky ones…that is to say…one or two for every shift have to man the front of the station house. But then again, these guys and gals might not feel so unlucky staying in the station for their working day. They might see this task as an easy workday, a day to sit back and take the load of their feet or a day to experience the other side of the service. Servicing to help the victims of a particular crime who come into the station. This person could be a victim of robbery taken place in their property, vandalism to their car. These are a couple of issues that a station officer would deal with. It may be a low-key job as apposed to being on the beat, but it is a job nonetheless to help a victim of crime.