Gangnam - Bobby Style.

[Motorwaycop]

Click the link sent to me by a colleague.

100 per cent safe.

That's got you thinking.

No tricks really.

http://vimeo.com/56899306?ref=nf

[Buttercup]

A great video for a great cause!!

[Jenna]

[Jks9199]

Past all the silliness... The cause is good. More importantly, I was struck by this comment in the blog about it:

Think about this. We still police by consent in this country. We can't justify achieving compliance through force in most cases and rightly so. Compliance can be achieved through understanding. The person understands that they have no choice but often this involved heated discussion and can lead to force being used. Compliance is better achieve through respect and understanding of the job we have to do and this is often achieved by demonstrating that we, the police, are human. We have feelings, we care about things, we have families and the greatest weapon of all we have a sense of humour!

I have used and observed the use of a keen sense of humour a number of times to defuse a situation. I have dealt with many suspects, professionally and compassionately because we have found common ground and had a 'bit of a joke'. This means that the whole process is easier for both police and prisoner. Innocent until proven guilty and all that.

By showing the human side of police officers we can gain the trust and respect of the majority of the public. Yes there will always be those that will moan but they are definitely in the minority.