There was glass everywhere. I could feel it sticking into my shoulders where it had gotten caught under my Met-Vest. It was gnawing into my sides. My eye felt... Odd... but there wasn't time to find out whether I'd been hit by a shard of glass there as well. Read More >
Featured comment by Xile:
"I've enjoyed reading all of these 'from the frontline' bits that I've managed too, keep it up Giz.
If anything; it helps to humanise the 'force' an..." More »
"Uhmm, I don't really know how to put this, officer. Last night, I was walking up the street with my Xbox 360, and then a ninja came and punched me in the face. He stole my Xbox!" Read More >
"Mate, if you don't get back in your car and shut the hell up, I'm nicking you for breach of the peace". I'm trying to stay as calm as I can, as my face is about an inch away from his. Read More >
Featured comment by midnightz:
"You dealt with that brilliantly. Well done for not making it personal and arresting him. As much as he deserved it, it probably wasn't worth the hassl..." More »
"You're about to make a very stupid mistake, my friend", I say to the man, as he is shifting his weight to his back foot. I know what is coming. I also know that there's a video camera pointing at us. Read More >
Featured comment by st33:
"Thats exactly what happened to me and it was infuriating! And very upsetting as I lost the best part of 6 GB of photos from an epic USA trip. The came..." More »
“I have my first amendment rights!” the man shouted. “You can’t tell me what I can say and what I can’t say! You’ll hear from my embassy, you fucking nazis! This is the last time I’ll visit your stinking little island! Fuck you, get off me!” he screamed, as he was struggling against the two sets of handcuffs. He wasn’t a pretty sight. Read More >
“Patricia Smith? What’s her date of birth?” asks the triage nurse at the other end of the phone line. I tell her. “Nope, sorry, nobody by that name here”, the lady says, and rings off. Read More >
His name was Jamie. “My friend, I have absolutely nothing against the police”, he confided, still leaning against the car, “but this really is rather a bit of an inconvenience, and I wish you weren’t doing this”. Read More >
Featured comment by Matt Delito:
"Sounds intriguing, but if you have that story, I propose you take it to the IPCC instead; it's way above my pay-grade, and if you tell me about a comp..." More »
“Call an ambulance”, I shout, as I’m running across the road to the man on the asphalt. He is making a horrible gargling sound. In the three seconds it took me to cross the road, his white t-shirt was soaked with claret. Read More >
Featured comment by Matt Delito:
"It's easy to forget, that's for sure. I'm a motorcyclist myself, and it has happened more than once that I've been edging my way past some traffic, on..." More »
Not long ago, I was in the United States on a short holiday. We ended up in Chicago, in a rather, well, ‘authentic’ pizza place. In the corner, there was a table of Chicago’s Finest. I’ve always been a little curious about how real-life policing happens in the colonies, so I asked if I could join them for a bit. “Uhm… Yeah”, one of them said, seemingly unsure. Read More >
Featured comment by Matt Delito:
"Hey there Nick,
Sorry, I didn't get quite that deeply into the technical details of it, but I did get the impression that it uses a 3G network of som..." More »
"We’ve just had report of criminal damage in progress, outside 12 Church walk. An IC2 youth, around 12 years of age, smashing up a car. On an I-grade". Read More >
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