Don't ask me why -- somehow, I found The Policeman's Blog, and have since followed it.
David Copperfield -- the copper who maintains the blog -- is a police officer formerly from the UK now serving in Canada, where, he has found, to his delight, policing is done EVER so much better. (He actually wrote a book exposing all the idiocy bureaucrats in Britain have forced on the police, and got raked over the coals. That no doubt led to his expatriotism.)
Just lately, he was struck by "the contrast between the way fallen heroes are welcomed back in Canada with how things are done in the UK.
"I just happened to be on duty when I saw what appeared to be a collision ahead: I saw a fire truck with its lights on, but getting closer there was no collision. We spoke to the crew and they told us that the troops had just landed at the airport and were shortly to be escorted by the police back to their base where their families were waiting for them."
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Welcome to the REAL world, my friend.
