HA! Isn't it ever...I don't know how it is in Australia, but here, pressure and requirements for police keeps getting greater and greater, but when it's time to actually fund the thing, suddenly the elected officials pull a Houdini act lol.
Oh, we don't have money, budgetary constraints, blah blah...it's a thankless job where you don't get congratulated and get taken for granted when you do something exceptional, but when something bad happens, they are pretty quick to toss you under the bus and not care. My uncle was a cop for 29 years, he ended up quitting the force one year from retirement because of moral issues. The city district wanted to enforce a mandatory number of contraventions every month, his argument was, I'm not a tax collector, I'll give tickets when it's justified according to MY judgment. If you insist,you can have my shield. They insisted...he went to drive a cab for another 10 years lol.
My dad kind of called him an idiot. I admired his principles. But, as I wanted to become a cop as well at the time, that gave me some pause. The stories he'd tell us...it's a dangerous, demanding job and you get little back from it. Which is real sad, because when you NEED a cop and he or she makes an impact in your lives, you're damned happy to have them.
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