I wish
Posted: 27 Mar 2016, 14:29I was a full time woman police officer in the 1960's based in Nottingham city.
My work consisted mainly working with women and children, and included rapes and child abuse on a regular basis.
Then women did not work nights but sometimes we had to do so after a morning shift when there was a woman in the cells.
So I have spent many a night in the cells after working a full shift in the morning.
I also had to drive across the country to pick up prisoners, so much has changed these days and now they would not do this. I drove or we went by train.
If there was no women's work then it was back to ordinary beat duty or traffic duty.
I was also a schools liason officer getting the youngs ones to know what the police did.
Giving evidence and arresting people was a regular occurance.
Drugs were on the scene and I can remember being on several raids.
I was on duty at a mods and rockers event in Nottingham square which involved thousands of people, as did the weekly football events, when I would be seen doing traffic duty.
I wish I had written a book about my time in the Police but at the time you was so busy that all you wanted to do was enjoy yourself after work. Sometimes going out at 11pm after a shift.
Today I have forgotten most of the experiences.
I wanted to share with you a little about me, before I leave at the end of the week.
Although I would not change the years I spent in the police because I loved working with people, I now wish I had trained to be a midwife. Because you could not then go back to the police after having children, unless you wanted to work full time again.
Is there anything you wish you had done?
My work consisted mainly working with women and children, and included rapes and child abuse on a regular basis.
Then women did not work nights but sometimes we had to do so after a morning shift when there was a woman in the cells.
So I have spent many a night in the cells after working a full shift in the morning.
I also had to drive across the country to pick up prisoners, so much has changed these days and now they would not do this. I drove or we went by train.
If there was no women's work then it was back to ordinary beat duty or traffic duty.
I was also a schools liason officer getting the youngs ones to know what the police did.
Giving evidence and arresting people was a regular occurance.
Drugs were on the scene and I can remember being on several raids.
I was on duty at a mods and rockers event in Nottingham square which involved thousands of people, as did the weekly football events, when I would be seen doing traffic duty.
I wish I had written a book about my time in the Police but at the time you was so busy that all you wanted to do was enjoy yourself after work. Sometimes going out at 11pm after a shift.
Today I have forgotten most of the experiences.
I wanted to share with you a little about me, before I leave at the end of the week.
Although I would not change the years I spent in the police because I loved working with people, I now wish I had trained to be a midwife. Because you could not then go back to the police after having children, unless you wanted to work full time again.
Is there anything you wish you had done?