The Metropolis

The Met Police have never had it so good

Mike Pollitt | Thursday 18 August, 2011 10:16

Simon Glyndwr John explains what coppers had to put up with in the 1930s.

One day there was traffic congestion at the junction of Montague Place and Gower Street…the congestion was a couple of cars and a few horse-drawn carts. An unnamed constable on his beat was standing watching this “jam” with his arms folded. An inspector, a fanatic about traffic, happened to be doing his rounds when he saw what the PC was doing.
The inspector said, “Why are you standing there doing nothing about this jam?”
“What jam, sir?”
“Oh, it’s like that, is it?”
The following day the constable was transferred from Tottenham Court Road Station all the way to Devonport (Plymouth) Naval Dockyard, also policed by the Met.

These modern policemen, they don’t know their born etc etc.

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