tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24554405.post1133968098876981832..comments2008-06-06T08:07:57.844+01:00Bridget McKennahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03551190428721385000noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24554405.post-20205941106410850432008-06-06T08:07:00.000+01:002008-06-06T08:07:00.000+01:00Carrie, you need to get outta Vegas! :)<BR/><BR/>Seriously though, in my experience British cops do actually behave politely compared to their Yank counterparts. And many, though not all, are still unarmed. Depends on the duty.<BR/><BR/>And I think police work tends to make people see others as either perps or potential perps, or that's how it seems to have worked out for cops and ex-cops I've known. <BR/><BR/>Because when you carry around a hammer everywhere you go, mightn't everything begin to look at least a little bit like a nail...?Bridget McKennahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03551190428721385000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24554405.post-26800033502469359912008-06-06T00:08:00.000+01:002008-06-06T00:08:00.000+01:00My impression of British TV cops come from the movie notion that they were polite, unarmed fellows who ride bicycles and help old ladies. According to my sources, at least around here, the majority of civilians ARE perpetrators of one kind or another. In fact, most of the cops I know ride motorcycles and are tatooed, foul mouthed, highly trained killers. Now about those perps.....<BR/>-lostinlasvegasAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com