Brick Cop©️
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Response Sgt and Londoner on a career break. Still building the world of Policing in #Lego 🚨
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This video comes with a warning. It’s body worn video released from the Palestine Action trial where the defendants are accused of criminal damage and assault with a sledge hammer. A colleague is assaulted with a sledge hammer and it’s truly horrendous to watch. #ThinBlueLine 🚨
Brick Cop©️29,402 views • 7 months ago
I had a lovely DM over the weekend asking if it was worth joining the Police. It’s difficult to give a simple answer, and at the end of the day it has to be your decision. The significant positive I can think of are the variety of roles currently available… #ThinBlueLine 🚁🚨
Brick Cop©️12,308 views • 4 months ago
Ok, I think we need to shift the conversation around why we join policing back to exactly that, the why? 😌 I wanted to join from a very young age.🧍♂️ I had an early learning centre police officer outfit that I wore till it faded and used to make my dad walk up and down my road with me writing down number plates in my first ‘note book’. 😂 I learnt the phonetic alphabet at about six or seven and then when I was little older, got addicted to ‘The Bill’. 🚔 I think that must be where I wanted to join response. 🚨 Response is the absolute definition of policing to me. 💯 The emergencies come in and we race out to help and when we get there, no matter what it is 99.9% we’re first on scene. 🤷🏼♂️ I know we’re burdened with roles that aren’t ours, we all agree on that, but the core role of ‘blue lighting’ to say a burglary in progress, is truly the essence of why most people join policing. ✅ But that’s not for everyone and maybe we need to embrace that in a different way. 🤔 I think we should all join as constables and complete our training period of two years and then progress into different roles like we used to. I have met countless direct entry Detectives who moved over to response because it’s not what they thought it would be. 😟 Why? 👀 The skills learnt in those two years are invaluable and also ground you in the whole organisation. 👏 I think too we need to return to a focus of scenario based training and move away from a bizarre belief that academia solves policing’s problems. 😏 Scenarios have two distinct benefits: 1) They test you in situations you’ve never been in before and give you an insight into your instincts in those challenging moments. ⚠️ 2) They give the trainer the same insight from a different perspective into your ability to deal with them and your strengths and weaknesses.❗️ They also have a bit of a hidden third benefit. I loved the scenarios I was given during training, it was finally when I knew ‘my why’ was right. I wanted to step in, in moments when most won’t, most are scared or most simply don’t want the bother of tackling a difficult situation. 😅 My favourite incidents at work are major, critical or public order based. They require a helicopter view, calm, control and critical thinking. As a Sergeant they’re what I thrive on. 🔥 New Zealand Police seem to agree with this style of learning and testing and have heavily invested in a state of the art scenario orientated training area, a power move in my opinion. 🇳🇿👏 I’d like to see Hendon or an equivalent morning back to that. ✅ Sure Hydra has its benefits, but proper scenarios like there used to be are invaluable. 🤷🏼♂️ But, this all requires investment. 😏 We shall see. 👀 #ThinBlueLine 🚨
Brick Cop©️25,001 views • 2 years ago
In October 2024 I had the opportunity to visit NPAS London & work with one of their awesome crews… 🚁 Passionate dedicated Pilots & Tactical Flight Officers committed to helping the vulnerable & pursuing criminals from the sky! An incredible asset to us all. 🫡 #ThinBlueLine 🎄
Brick Cop©️11,578 views • 1 year ago
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