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Best thing
My colleagues and team leader
Worst thing
Distance to travel, long shifts, stress
Police Detective constable, February 2024
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Best thing
Working outside
Worst thing
Stress, numbers, politics
Police Police constable, June 2023
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Best thing
Every so often something interesting happens
Worst thing
A lot of rubbish to deal with
Police Police constable, June 2023
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Best thing
Lots of time off
Worst thing
Boring at times
Police Police constable, June 2023
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Best thing
The job itself is interesting
Worst thing
Poor communication, political, hierarchical, no social life
Police Employee, May 2023
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Best thing
No day is the same
Worst thing
Unpredictable hours
Police Police constable, March 2023
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Best thing
Unique jobs
Worst thing
Personal life, shift pattern
Police Police constable, February 2023
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Best thing
Variety of work
ColleaguesWorst thing
Lack of respect from managers
No given time to complete workPolice Police constable, February 2023
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Best thing
Something new every day
Worst thing
Doing jobs you’re not supposed to
Police PCSO, October 2022
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Best thing
I get to save lives and help those who deserve it. I get to bring justice to people who have had a difficult event occur
Worst thing
It puts you at a risk for increasingly dangerous and threatening injuries and it’s causes stress about I will make it home.
Police Employee, June 2022
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Best thing
Meeting people
Each day is different
Good pensionWorst thing
Low pay
Dangerous work environment
Very stressful
Shift patternPolice Employee, April 2022
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Best thing
I get to help people who really need it. I can be very rewarding.
Worst thing
Other colleagues who just dont care, higher management who are clueless. Poor systems and equipment to work with
Police Call handler, March 2022
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Best thing
Varied work and exciting
Worst thing
Endless and unnecessary duplication of paperwork, getting assaulted
Police Police constable, February 2022
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Best thing
Flexibility, hours, pay, team
Worst thing
Slightly boring
Police Facilities manager, August 2021
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Best thing
4 days off.
Catching serious criminals.Worst thing
Hours.
Risk.
Forced overtime.
Workload.
No breaks generally as too busy.
Poor training.
Hard to progress.Police Police constable, August 2021
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Best thing
Satisfied with the role
Worst thing
Hours
Police Employee, April 2021
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Best thing
Excitement, work life balance
Worst thing
Heavy workload
Police Police sergeant, April 2021
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Best thing
I can plan my day. My team. Not being the same from day to day.
Police PCSO, April 2021
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Best thing
The satisfaction in helping people and the excitement
Worst thing
Hours
Police Employee, April 2021
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Best thing
The pay
Worst thing
The long shifts
Police Employee, April 2021
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Best thing
Pay
Worst thing
Risk and lack of opportunity
Police Supervisor, April 2021
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Best thing
Something new every day, every call, being well supported and trained and working as part of an amazing abs generous team.
Worst thing
Harrowing calls, unpredictable workloads and outsourced ineffective HR
Police Call handler, March 2021
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Best thing
Hours
Worst thing
Being spoken to in a vile manner
Police Employee, March 2021
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Best thing
Pay and team
Worst thing
The customers and being tied to a desk
Police Dispatcher, March 2021
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Best thing
Things I get to deal with.
The people I work with.Worst thing
Under staffing.
Unnecessary procedures.Police Employee, March 2021
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Best thing
Most exciting job, always changing every day
Worst thing
Clients
Police Police sergeant, March 2021
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Best thing
Being able to help the public, bring offenders to iustice and the thrill of fast moving incidents where you can think on your feet.
Worst thing
The red tape and politics that take us away from actual policing. Being used by other agencies which steer us away from dealing with actual crime.
Police Police sergeant, March 2021
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Best thing
No day is the same
Worst thing
Unfairness not paid enough for the responsibility
Police Employee, February 2021
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Best thing
Flexibility
Worst thing
No opportunity to progress
Police Administrator, February 2021
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Best thing
Variety, exciting, amazing team, learn a lot, improved confidence
Worst thing
Can be stressful, dangerous, possibly of being assaulted, high workload, demanding
Police Police constable, February 2021
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Best thing
Skills, freedom and teamwork
Worst thing
The nature of work, risks to safety
Police Police constable, February 2021
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Best thing
The variety of shifts. The achievement when you have done something good
Worst thing
Not being treated fairly on team
Police Police constable, February 2021
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Best thing
Sometimes I feel like I’m helping people,
Worst thing
Some times I dont
Police Police constable, February 2021
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Best thing
Secure
Worst thing
Being move to other towns to work, sometimes with no notice
Police Employee, February 2021
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Best thing
Good team work
Worst thing
Red tape
Police Detective sergeant, January 2021
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Best thing
Team ethic
Worst thing
Public can be difficult
Police Police community support officer, January 2021
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Best thing
Variety and teamwork
Worst thing
Potential to see horrific incidents
Police Police constable, January 2021
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Best thing
Some of the variety.
Worst thing
The organisation taking on too much.
Police Police constable, January 2021
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Best thing
It's the team I work with
Worst thing
Lack of support from management
Police Custody officer, December 2020
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Best thing
Been appreciated by the public that I protect and serve.
Worst thing
The opposite of the above.
Police Police constable, December 2020
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Best thing
Teamwork and sense of belonging
Worst thing
Shifts, pay, risk of physical and mental harm
Police Police constable, December 2020
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Best thing
sense of value
Worst thing
The courts
Police Police sergeant, December 2020
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Best thing
Helping people
Worst thing
No one really knows what a police officer has to put up with.
Police Police sergeant, December 2020
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Best thing
Making a difference to people's lives, making the local community safer.
Worst thing
Paperwork, doing other agencies work, not being able to help people in some circumstances.
Police Police constable, December 2020
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Best thing
Freedom to plan my own work day
Worst thing
Not enough staff
Police Chief Inspector, December 2020
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Best thing
Locking up the baddies
Worst thing
Dealing with other people’s grief and loss
Police Detective, December 2020
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Best thing
Going home
Worst thing
Working with poor mngt
Police PCSO, December 2020
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Best thing
The money, the hours, my team
Worst thing
The hours, lack of funding and resource, very little career advancement/prospects. Lack of mental health support.
Police Call handler, December 2020
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Best thing
Being able to trust your immediate team sometimes being able to have a laugh at work
Worst thing
Unrealistic expectations from management and public.
Government that won’t back you up and continued lack of pay risePolice Investigator, November 2020
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Best thing
Near my home. The people
Police Admin, November 2020