lawfulneutralmage

Nice try.

Well ...

Mike is a wonderful guy and very much in love with Jamie. I hope I don't disappoint you.

Thank you! I am happy I got the tone across.

Many thanks!

Thank you. The calm before the storm.

Let's hope so!

Well, I do not describe every encounter they have Let's say I imagine them doing ... a lot.

I ask you to bear with me.

Yep. Yes, he might have gotten it all wrong. We shall see... Poor Tory politician... Well, he wouldn't be the first ... or the last. Those who are against LGBTI+ rights usually have some unresolved issues. He needs to concentrate to maintain his powers...

Thank you!

The gain is his life. The ghosts are hunting him.

You are an incurable romantic...

Thank you! Love to disappoint

Well, thank @CassieQ for that. My text was pure and virgin Yes. There would be a mutant-control-law or something. I hope you will. Not privileged but personally dangerous. Thank you! Good that it came across.

The term used in the British police is "Member of the Public". Sometimes we would use "civilian", simple because it is easier to use/say. That is a statement I completely disagree with, sorry, especially for US officers (see below). That I completely agree with! Unfortunately, that is a function of how society is/behaves. Generally, the police is equipped to deal with what it faces in society. British police have, apart from a baton, never been armed. Then, pepper spray was introduced as a less "damaging" alternative. And believe me, you rather want to be hurt by pepper spray than a baton, yet it is qualified as a firearm under British law. Hence we had to lock it away which someone commented on earlier. When I started, having an incident involving a knife was very rare, when I quit 10 years later, we had one at least once a week. Facing someone with a knife is actually quite a thing ... if they know how to use it they are a real threat to any officer facing them and others, especially as you do not know why they use it i.e. their intention. You have to assume they want to take you out aka kill you. Literally! So, we got Taser officers. At least two per shift. It might sound like populism, but yes, I have witnessed an increase in violence and general resistance to the police over the course of my ten years. In the US where every idiot, sorry, Member of the Public, can draw an assault rifle on you, tactics, responses and equipment must be sufficient to enable a mostly single-crewed officer to deal with the situation. For me, it does look extremely intimidating, and I do not wish that for where I life. But that is not a police issue, but a societal one.

When I came home on Sunday night, I was shattered. Morris-Walker’s revelations and plan of action were painful to contemplate. It had occupied my mind for most of the drive back to the Home Office building and the subsequent drive home. Almost every police officer got more cynical over the course of their career when the reality of policing clashed with youthful dreams, when the dreams of chasing bandits in pursuits and catching criminals got replaced by the reality of paperwork and most of

Oh, the first two years out of the police were so hard! I still miss it.

Thanks everyone!

Sorry just saw the edit. No apologies necessary! I find the British system very interesting. The fact that the oldest law I once arrested someone for was the 1848 Town Police Clauses Act which also forbids people to drive cattle down the high street... I grew up in a completely different legal system. I had to learn all that stuff and that means for me, I had to understand it.

The Home Office has at least two Junior Ministers, one is the Minister of State for Crime, Policing, and Fire. Those are not members of the cabinet yet hold the title Minister.

Excellent questions! I must ask you to bear with me!

Yes, absolutely!