I've transferred out of the MET in the last few months to another force.
This job one involves a lot of trains.
The grass is not greener at all, just different situations and a more select collection of crimes to deal with.
85% of My new colleagues are less than 3 years service or probationers and few are anticipating being in the job for much longer. They are heavily loaded with investigations to try and work through, but also under immense pressure to be physically out walking the network ( like the paymasters are actually paying for )and until a new emergency restructure, were spending months if not YEARS working alone on shifts.
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A few weeks ago, in a dark tunnel, lit by flashlights, I was picking up the scattered spinal column and skull,brain and assorted bits of a chap who failed to outrun a train and putting him into a small selection of yellow bio-bags.As I was walking out to get my boots steam cleaned,I was informed by a well dressed city chap that he was being delayed yet again and as a shareholder he was f##king disgusted that the police were doing bugger all apart from milling about and shutting stations at random. The most thanks I received in months to be honest.
I would suggest that no-person should even think about applying to join the police until they do a substantial amount of research about the impact on your family life, social, the unavoidable changes to your mental health and the constantly topping up to the meter that regards the general public as an alien species Ideally to go out on a patrol as a member of the public ( most forces will do this ) just to experience the utter hatred and malice from even normal people whom have been told to try and behave like a normal human being ( at least until they leave the station )