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It might be a good idea if every solicitor and barrister who wished to practice in criminal law, first spent a year working exclusively alongside a police officer. Experience first hand the lies, the abuse, the threats, the spitting, the serious violence, and yes, on occasions, the fear that comes from being out-numbered and alone. Think hard about the knowledge that every time a police officer puts on that uniform, s/he never knows if they will come home again safely to be able to take it off.
Being a police officer has always been a far more dangerous job than has ever been recognised; more than 4,000 police officers have died on duty over the years.
It's so easy from the 'quiet calm of chambers' to criticise and malign the police; the fourth service whose members put their lives at risk every day in every circumstance and in all weathers just to keep us and our families safely tucked up in bed every night.
Certainly, from time to time there are officers who let the service down, but they are a tiny minority and let's be honest, the legal profession is hardly a paragon of blameless saints, now is it? Just look at the cases that come before the SDT. Something about glass houses and stones comes to mind.
Instead of starting from the point that the police MUST by definition always be breaking the rules, try going where the evidence leads and accept that just every once in a while your client just might be guilty as accused and is lying through his/her teeth to you.
Bodycams have a variety of beneficial uses in these increasingly dangerous days. Try working in the kitchen before complaining about the cooking.

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