Well done to the police

Absolutely: and many of them held their resolve whilst being subjected to verbal abuse as well as threats of violence, possibly from people they knew in their locality.

You know so many of them are really only young rookies with very little of life experience behind them.

They really have had a baptism of fire these past week or so and I commend them for on the whole their self restraint and courage.

I also commend their inspectors etc, who have had to make very difficult decisions on often the spur of the moment and their support and management of these young police men and women.

A job well done.

Well done, the Police!

Well done indeed.

Well I for one wouldn’t like to stand in a row and have heavy objects thrown at me.

I too commend their responsible and professional response to the actions of those intent on causing havoc at the behest of others whose aim is to destabilise and damage.

Thank you for this thread.

How nice to see appreciation for our police. Yes all leave is cancelled again, I worry about burnout for my family members affected. I wonder if this appreciation will translate into a decent pay award at some point? Like all public employees they have fallen behind but without the legal right to strike their bargaining power is nil.

How heartening to see such support for our police. Many have been injured trying to keep our streets safe. Big thank you from me to all those brave officers who run towards trouble when most run away.

Should read when most other people

Yes, thanks to our police force, not easy fighting a raging mob, I imagine their loved ones feared for their safety.

How refreshing to see a post thanking the police. There has been some criticism on other threads, which I’ve stopped reading, so this is a breath of fresh air to me.

My OH was a police officer and I’d be terrified if he was working now. As WW2 has said many are quite young and I’m sure were not expecting such a level of violence, much of which directed against them, when they joined. My friend’s GS has just joined after university and he’s such a gentle young man. I hope he will be ok.

I echo all the posts on here thanking our police men and women.

Over the last week we’ve watched them, on our TV screens, being physically and verbally abused by baying mobs. It must have been terrifying. Yet, they’ve acted professionally, kept control and, in doing so, have kept us all safe.

I hope those of you with police officers amongst your friends and families will thank them on our behalf … and I hope they stay safe.

Thank you all for this thread.DD has been worried sick as her partner was hurt in the riots -fortunately not seriously. He could still be off but has volunteered to go back in as he wants to support his colleagues. They are all shattered as leave cancelled. But determined to do what they can to keep us all safe.I know there have been some wrong 'uns recently -Wayne Couzens eg - but the vast majority are good ,with families that worry about them.The reality is everythime they go out they never know what they will encounter with knives and guns etc.And this week has been particularly dreadful.So thank you so much for your appreciation.

Yes I agree they are human beings with families putting their lives on the line for public safety
It’s aborhant and I’m sickened but the violence that entailed .like most of us were I suspect

Big thank you from me too. Son works in the offices of the police and they are overwhelmed at peoples kind words. Awful week makes you very sad.

Grateful thanks to the police from me too.

Harris27

Big thank you from me too. Son works in the offices of the police and they are overwhelmed at peoples kind words. Awful week makes you very sad.

So glad the police are getting to hear, "thank you".

Yes it is worrying for families when the Police are dealing with the current situation. In addition to "holding the line" and dealing with nut cases, they are working 12 hour shifts, all rest days are cancelled and shift patterns can change at moments notice. My son is extremely tired.

JenniferEccles

I am also thinking of those police officers, who were attacked by a violent group in Manchester airport recently.
One of the officers was a woman who sustained a broken nose from these thugs.

I hope the policeman who was suspended will soon be reinstated, now a fuller picture of the events has emerged.

..and isn't this the problem. The nation is quick to pillory the police when something is apparently wrong but then they want the police to come running when things get out of hand and lawless. Selective editing of social media footage by tiktok lawyers and the like doesn't help. I'm just glad the preceding footage of the airport incident made it to air to show who the real thugs were

Worked in police service till retirement January- good to read how appreciative the public feel.. they need the recognition as it’s not an easy job at all.. feel very sad that some officer injuries are quite bad - DD had wanted to be a firearms officer- I’m relieved she changed career path but totally respect those on the Front Line 🙏

There will always be selective editing by any group or interest if they think it will further a cause. No "side" or another is free from that!
The police warned, as regards the incident,

"Chief Constable of GMP Stephen Watson spoke to BBC Radio Manchester about the incident before the press conference was held.

He said he was "constrained" by what he could say, but acknowledge an IOPC probe and a criminal investigation into a "series of assaults" were both ongoing.

We live in a really complicated age, social media is really good at putting partial pictures into the public domain, and as a result people are quite swift to rush to judgement

"We just need to be balanced, and wait for all the facts to emerge, because the reality is, the public still don’t have the full facts.

There’s all sorts of imagery and all the rest of it that will be made available to the appropriate authorities at the appropriate time, but we don’t do this in the social media space

(reported 4 days ago on I player)

Bea65

Worked in police service till retirement January- good to read how appreciative the public feel.. they need the recognition as it’s not an easy job at all.. feel very sad that some officer injuries are quite bad - DD had wanted to be a firearms officer- I’m relieved she changed career path but totally respect those on the Front Line 🙏

I'm just glad, Bea65, that our police have contained the rioting without bringing in armed police, and thankful how our police use arms very sparingly and appropriately.

If you follow TV reality policing shows, which I do occasionally, up and down the country at night yobs are out on the streets mainly drunk in city centres protecting the public, at the same time facing calls from problematic domestic incidents, people with severe MH problems, burglaries, drug related crime, some very serious....hats off to them.

correct..police protecting public from yobs.

I agree with most of the posters on here, and thank the police for their handling of the very difficult situations they have been in recently. I have no relatives who are in the police service, but can imagine what it must be like to have, say, a son or daughter on the front line and to fear for their life.

I know there have been cases of 'bad apples' recently, but I believe that, just like all other groups of people, the majority are good, honest and hardworking. They deserve our respect and thanks.

It must be heartening for them to see the perpetrators swiftly and appropriately dealth with.

I fully agree with you 100%!

Also the the Muslim communities who have kindly given officers - human, dog and horse- food and drinks.