What is a policeman made of? He, of all men, is once the most needed and the most unwanted. He's a strangely nameless creature who is 'Sir' to his face and 'Fuzz' to his back.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
A policeman, as you discover, has to put up with a hell of a lot of abuse. A man in any other line of work would nail a guy who laid that kind of abuse on him. I know I would.
The policeman must be a minister, a social worker, a diplomat, a tough guy, and a gentleman. And, of course, he'd have to be a genius... For he will have to feed a family on a policeman's salary.
When I was a kid, a policeman was someone you looked up to and respected.
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
I really don't think there's such a thing as an ex-policeman.
I am my own policeman.
I think Morse's thing about being a poor policeman but a good detective is a very good description of him.
In America, the policeman is a working-class hero. In England, the policeman is a working-class traitor.
Police are not all bad guys. Nobody is all bad guys.
What you do as a policeman might be the right thing to do, but it's not entertaining. I left that behind me.
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