There is a huge body of evidence to support the notion that me and the police were put on this earth to do extremely different things and never to mingle professionally with each other, except at official functions, when we all wear ties and drink heavily and whoop it up like the natural, good-humored wild boys that we know in our hearts that we are..These occasions are rare, but they happen - despite the forked tongue of fate that has put us forever on different paths...
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Police and civilians have different roles and rarely interact professionally except during rare social events.
- In plain terms
- You and the police do different things and rarely mix unless it is official.
- What can you take from it?
- Professional separation between police and public is common.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Why do police and public rarely mix?
- What happens at official police functions?
Another view
Police and civilians interact more often in community roles.
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