True. And my experiences with the police always left me feeling even more vulnerable somehow when I called them in for something. Almost as if they don’t want to be bothered 
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I actually owe my life to the police here for referring me to help for DV. But yes, obviously they aren't perfect.
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That’s wonderful! Glad to hear you got help when needed.
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He was nice. He cried a bit when I told him what was up. And gave me a lift home.
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It's kind of their job, I guess, helping vulnerable people. But, yeah.
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Lol as I said, not always in my experience. So I’ll give hime a
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Well, the is and the ought of policing is far apart. Sometimes the gap is smaller other times, well, it's vast.
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One thing you rarely see is them admitting it: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/mar/07/lawrence-revelations-institutional-racism-met-police …
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Yeah that’s not all that common at all, with the police or any other institutionalized entity. Sadly.
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I'm not going to argue the police in the UK are angelic. But I can't deny they saved my life either.
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Random but LOL why do they ask such questions, journalists are so strange: "I just don’t watch cop programmes that much … at the moment, I’m too busy to watch."https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/apr/18/new-met-police-chief-cressida-dick-huge-concern-gun-knife-crime …
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That’s very nice of him!