lawfulneutralmage

Thank you! High praise! What is actually a preferred publishing schedule?

Thank you! Well, stay tuned, and you will find out

I am so happy that came across! Keep observing!

Thank you so much! Yes, when I first read about Special Constables I was shocked. "They let volunteers in uniform with police powers loose on the public?!?" I admit that sometimes it did not work that well, but in general, I was very positively surprised. Once you start "specialing" you are either into it or leave quickly. The time demands are great, it is a proper second job. People who seek action or thrill will very quickly be annoyed by the amount of paperwork required and leave. Most Specials are posted with neighborhood teams, and one is allowed to join a response shift as a kind of reward once or twice. Therefore, the action I describe often does not happen for Specials. I transferred to a new station where we were maximum six active Specials in one of the busiest areas of my force. There, the response shifts wanted us (well, once they had assessed we were competent), and from then on, I only did response work. That is very unusual for Specials, afaik. In later years, the personnel situation became so tight that my crewmate and I were the only unit available in our policing area... Most of us had nicknames, especially when the real name is long or lends itself to a nickname. My real name fits both of those criteria and my nick became even so ingrained that people were surprised that it was not my real name. With a surname of Artois, the nick would be the beer, no question! As for the relationship with Mike... Maybe it is me as a gay man being in a hetero world, when I am at work, I do not see my colleagues as sexual beings. And if they are attractive, I try avoiding them. First of all, I am married, but also ... why should I do that to myself? In the police, relationships also have a disciplinary impact e.g. rank/dependency. However, there is more to come which I hope will explain Jamie's motives better. Bear with me!

Thank you so much! I was worried about it being to much on the policing content, but then I thought I shall present a true view of what British Policing is.

Thank you! Bear with me...

Many thanks! High praise, indeed.

Thank you! I can only say, stay with me!

Thank you! I just hope I don't bore people to death with UK policing...

Thank you! We shall see, shan't we?

Today, when the shift assembled in the briefing room, I’d of course noticed Mike who had waved at me enthusiastically when I entered. Luckily, there was no chance to talk to anybody because I’d just barely arrived before the Sergeant herself who took her seat at the top of the table. She began the presentation, but before finishing the first slide of the briefing, the control room was calling over the radio. “Sierra X-ray. Any unit for an immediate domestic in progress?” They woul

Thx! Bear with me.

Actually, I had that once. Not in the police but at my main work. Someone with a different cultural background didn't get the more subtle hints, so I had to tell quite drastically after the third time he was referring to my wife.

That is a good one! Can one actually be that honest? Would you go up to a co-worker you have just met and say something to the effect of: "We have just met. I really fancy you. Would you be up for it?" Of course, probably not in those words, but that is the gist of it, isn't it? That could make work quite a problem, depending on how that person will react. Also, steering a discussion into a private direction may be an issue. In the end, this is work. A certain amount of professionalism is expected. I have a good but non-personal relationship with my colleagues. Maybe that is my being German/Norwegian. As for Jamie, I hope more of his motivations and character become clearer over the next two chapters.

Thx! Bear with me.

Good luck in the new job! Yes, I really can't get that people need to be told that they shall treat others like they themselves would like to be treated. Teaching that should actually be the foundation of all education. Commute... what a waste of time. I am so grateful having a job I can do from home.

I can see that. No comment. I can imagine that some small station sergeants could be tyrants. We had diversity training. Lots of it. In my leaving feedback form, I wrote that diversity training came out of my ears, but they should keep it up because it worked. Btw, I offered Tim to rename the Special, but he politely declined

Sorry, did not see your comment before I answered before. Can you elaborate on the challenges you faced? We were not allowed any "pins/stickers" etc on the uniform, so unless you told a Member of the Public (MoP), how would they know? Would you agree that police stations are rumour mills par exellence? Thank you!

Yes, it is. Totally deliberate. It is 1st person point-of-view, so let him tell. I will publish in the Writers blog some previous versions. You will then see a drastic change. It was so dull, originally. That is where an excellent editor comes in...

I did not have any issues, whether colleagues knew or not. But again, the Met is different, and I have heard some bad stuff. Maybe there is gay regular out there who can comment?

Thank you. 19 more chapters plus epilogue to come ... poor moderators.

“Stop yawning," Nam said as we walked down the stairs from the men’s locker room. “I’m just not a morning person. Starting work at seven should be banned.” It didn't help that my flatmate, Rebecca, had come home from her shift on the wrong side of midnight, dropping a bowl of cereal in the kitchen. She then lost any consideration points she had accrued by swearing like a trooper while clearing it up. “Some would say you aren’t a person at all.” I refused to take my best frien

Jamie, mischievously called Leon by his colleagues, is a mid-twenties police officer in London Enfield who loves his job. Having been unlucky with previous relationships, he is scared about his feelings for a new Special Constable who joins his shift, Mike. This becomes only one of his problems when an unusual encounter with a suspect leaves him with more questions than answers, putting Jamie into the heart of a secret reaching deep into the UK government and on a path of self discovery.

Now that was honest and useful, thank you!

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