Yupp.
You know in the English language, the way one pronounce different words in a statement makes the statement have various meaning. For example the title of this post:
The life as an frontline officer is totally different from the life inside the Academy. Totally. I mean we have heard a lot (trust me, it is really a lot) of what is the jobscope of an officer once he or she passed out from the academy. I thought I was prepared enough to face the changes that I am going to face once posted out after hearing all those stories, facts, experiences of the senior officers who took us for classes. No, I am not, i dare say that the other squadmates are not too.
Being an NPCO, a police officer, a public servant. Really, a public servant. No doubt it will be one of the most interesting and fruitful post one might get in the force, but the message is that all those crime fighting drama mama action will most probably not happen in my lifetime as a NPCO.
So far, I have seen that we are actually more like servants, only that we are the public's. Why? Because we have to respond to the public's call for "help". Sometimes little things like small time couple quarrels, or "i suspect someone stole my bag, you know, the expensive brand, LV?" when in fact is that they hav misplaced it when we ask them do they have any suspect in mind. " Oh! em... i left it on the foodcourt table to 'chop' place, then by the time i return, vanished". We must be cautious, especially with LV bags. Or bigger time llike drunks fighting after mere seconds of night spots when they just walked out of the bar's door. Then police have to go there stop the fight. What are bouncers for. I mean the stsation is a few streets away, by the time we reach, we might be down there looking at dead corpse. Right? Sometimes, drunks call up police to say that people are harressing them, when we reach the scene and ask them, their friends keep on pulling them away, then say to us, "sorry sir, my friend had too much a drink, sorry to bother you" still trying to pull the friend away from the police. Crime fighting might not be the phrase, Crime management is more like it. We came to contain the situation, protect life and property. Well people do not call for the police before they see a crime in progression, do they?
Drame mama action. Not in my lifetime, but i wondered if it will happen at all. I am happy with the more noble management job. Manage the peace around townsville. Haha!
