Timmah! Posted February 10, 2022 Member ID: 26443 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 40 Topic Count: 506 Topics Per Day: 0.18 Content Count: 6214 Content Per Day: 2.21 Reputation: 10663 Achievement Points: 53092 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 121 Joined: 11/01/17 Status: Offline Last Seen: 6 hours ago Birthday: 09/26/1971 Device: Android Posted February 10, 2022 As a police officer have you arrested someone you wish you hadn't? Yes, it was in 1967 in Grays Inn Road, London. A man was trying to fight a lamppost then he tried to fight me. I called the van and he was taken to the l station. By this time he had quietened down but was very drunk, I started to take off his coat and noticed the smell, then I noticed movement on his upper body, lice, he was covered in body lice. Making an executive decision I quickly pulled the coat back around him, took him back out to the van and we set off to the local hospital. At the hospital I managed get him on a metal trolley and started to wheel him in. Not fast enough, an eagle eyed Sister saw us and with another nurse managed to grab the head of the trolley. I explained the man was drunk and had body lice infestation and required medical attention. Catching the smell she was having none of it, grabbing the metal handle firmly she started pushing the trolley back into the street. I was at the other end with a colleague trying to push him back into the hospital. This went on for a good few minutes, back and forth. Then the drunk abruptly sat up and from deep inside his shirt pulled out a full half bottle of whisky and started singing. We now started to attract an audience, those not at deaths door in A&E next door came out to watch, the ambulance crew were cheering on the nurses, more nurses arrived to push and we were forced to accept defeat. Back at the station I was not very popular, the drunk had lost his whisky. Because body lice can live away from the body a fumigation specialists had to called in for the charge room and van. I, my colleague, and the drunk became guests of the local authority delousing suite, showered, the drunk given some secondhand clothes and our uniforms subjected to cleaning and heat treatment. The drunk was never charged, I just couldn’t go all over it again in court. EDIT: Wow 1.5K upvotes for a typical day in the life of young probationer PC in the 60’s. I didn’t expect that. Thanks. Mike Wrecksauce 1 Awards
Wrecksauce Posted February 10, 2022 Member ID: 29403 Group: ** Registered Users Followers: 2 Topic Count: 6 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 48 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 34 Achievement Points: 362 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/07/21 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 24 Birthday: 10/12/1995 Device: Windows Posted February 10, 2022 And I imagine the drunk didn't remember one bit of it LOL
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