Metpol mate I pity all coppers some times, I've got a mate in force and the amount of paper work he has to do is laughable, its not what he joined up for.
The politics, bits of paper prevent you from doing your job, and you get slaughtered in the paper and computer forums for doing your job by the very people you try to help.
The risks, the violence, resentment and anti police feeling you put up with on a daily basis only to see these people given pitiful sentences by the courts would drive me personally insane

I honestly never had a problem with the police and fail to see how others do with the right attitude. I appreciate what you all do, but I just can not comprehend why you do it.

I believe the police can make a difference if permitted to do so however our local community's also have their responsibility to report crime and its this area where I think the members of the public are failing to do enough