With practical - but not always polite - advice on subjects as varied as team dynamics and how to be accepted by your new gang; why the police does the bizarre things it does; why the public does the bizarre things they do; fisticuffs not taught at Training School; confrontation; breaking bad news; the media and when to ignore it; how to deal with stress, sleepless nights and people who want to be arrested (oh, and punched); getting promoted and doing well on courses; the lure of patrol car romances; drug ODs which aren't drug ODs; decision-making when it's all going wrong; avoiding complaints; firearms incidents; non-supporting DV victims that really need supporting; quick-time searches involving dogs and air support; people suffering dementia, behavioural problems, excited delirium or even threatening to throw themselves from high buildings; house fires; deaths following police contact; rail suicides; high-risk MISPERS; giving evidence in court (and the tricks barristers play); and just how you should be reacting when your crewmate batters someone in front of you ... this book is the ultimate boiling down of experience from the 'seen it, done it and still generally amused by it' frontline skipper as he hands in his warrant card. Also in this series. The follow-on from this book ... How To Survive Your Police Career - A Practical Guide To Health For The 24/7 Bobby And Bobbie And, something for the partners of officers ... How To Survive Your Relationship With A Police Officer - A Practical Guide To Living With Your Bobby Or Bobbie

In this revised 2022 edition, recently retired Police Sergeant Darren Moor offers practical but humorous advice to Bobbies on how to maintain their health in such a bizarre job. Written as a follow-on to his How To Survive Your Early Years In The Police Service for newer officers, Darren now turns his attention to the needs of the seasoned Bobby in this book crammed with useful information on how best to sleep, eat and exercise on 24/7 shifts, avoid infection and injury, how to maintain good mental health and relationships - especially after trauma, ethnic, female and good sexual health, fire and water safety, acid attacks, happiness, social media, eyesight and even teeth care. Written in an irreverent, often mocking, style but combined with detailed medical information, and making use of help from experts in their field, this is the ideal book for the Bobby who wants to survive their career. Also in this series. The precursor to this book ... How To Survive Your Early Years In The Police Service - Tips, Tactics and Humour For The Probationer And Beyond And something for the partners of officers ... How To Survive Your Relationship With A Police Officer - A Practical Guide To Living With Your Bobby Or Bobbie

In this light-hearted but informative book, recently retired Sergeant Darren Moor draws on his thirty years of service and twenty years of marriage to explain to new partners of police officers just what they have let themselves in for ... Designed as a companion to the book for officers, How To Survive Your Police Career, it provides an insight into the reality of your partner's working life and pressures whilst offering practical advice on issues such as sleeping, mental health, nutrition, exercise, stress, relationships and the danger of affairs, avoiding infections, disastrous social media use, trauma, complaints and how to help your Bobby - or Bobbie - through all kinds of other difficulties. It's also a useful source of general medical information for both the officer and partner. Funny, whilst hard-hitting, it's the ideal book for any partner wishing to maintain a solid relationship with their Bobby and so avoid that policing cliche of 'join the force and get a divorce'. It's also a helpful guide for other family members. Also in this series. Something for the newer officer ... How To Survive Your Early Years In The Police Service - Tips, Tactics and Humour For The Probationer And Beyond ... and the more seasoned ... How To Survive Your Police Career - A Practical Guide To Health For The 24/7 Bobby And Bobbie