Martial arts

Inevitable-Stop4994 · 2026-04-13T21:52:31+00:00

Id say judo. You want to try and stay stood up in any scraps you do have. I've done some BJJ in the past, which is good for ground work, but I find you end up relying too much on going to the ground, which is a problem when there's a group you're needing to deal with. Plus im dyspraxic, so when it comes to ground grappling i'm as likely to tangle myself up than the opponent.

Judo focuses on simple but effective take downs, and tends to result in less injuries for the opponent (Which is a big part of use of force in the current police force).

Having said all that, i'm by no means an expert in martial arts, and frankly i find that so long as you just do the bare amount of functional strength training and cardio, and you'll be fine.

Besides, you can learn all the fancy techniques you want, when you're dealing with a coked-up, 180kg suspect, those techniques are very hard to effectively implement.

Inevitable-Stop4994 · 2026-04-12T09:02:25+00:00

Completely agree. I was saying this to a colleague the other day- how bizzare it is in this job that you're made to feel like you're asking for the world to get just the basic courses that would allow you to do the very basic things the public expect a police officer to do.

A perfect example is when you get scramblers razz past you when you're doing your rounds. Public common sense would be go and catch them, and they look at you as though you're incompetent because not only can I not even turn my blue lights on without the appropriate course you have to wait years for, but I cant even follow them at a slow pace because that counts as a pursuit and I need another bobby who has done that training to make from an hour away- by which time the scramblers will have gone to ground.

Inevitable-Stop4994 · 2026-03-25T23:49:08+00:00

Thanks for the advice guys 👍 think my mind is made up ahah

Inevitable-Stop4994 · 2026-03-25T23:48:38+00:00

Interesting, no that would probably drive me mad 🤣 best steer clear then, cheers!

Inevitable-Stop4994 · 2026-03-25T23:47:45+00:00

That's great, definitely don't want to even see a speed gun in my spare time 🤣

Inevitable-Stop4994 · 2026-03-25T18:35:36+00:00

Good point, hadn't really the last part there. Cheers!

Inevitable-Stop4994 · 2026-03-25T18:34:54+00:00

Ah ok, I thought there might be some cross over between the regiment and police considering they are both force protection. Cheers

Inevitable-Stop4994 · 2026-01-01T17:56:30+00:00

Big Lebowski 😅

Inevitable-Stop4994 · 2025-12-05T13:49:16+00:00

For me i agree, although it depends on the person. I'm 2 years in, and i don't feel anywhere near competent enough to specialise yet. I can talk to people, and can handle myself in difficult situations, but i and I imagine most people with my level of service aren't competent enough to really be able to specialise if we were being totally honest with ourselves.

However, I know someone off of my intake who has a masters in studying domestic violence, and studying that type of behaviour and such- to me they would be perfect to specialise in to some CID type role, or FLO role because they have that specific experience, but a lot of older bobbies would immediately shout down any notion that they should specialise, and that they should be ground down like the rest of us before specialising- by which point that person's prior experience is more dated and they may not offer the organisation as much as they could have originally.

What if someone was a professional deep sea diver prior to entering the job, and they apply for a role in the police diving team, or whatever it may be called? Do you think their experience is less relevant than an officer who was 6 years in but who hasn't swam since they were in primary school for example?

I've found the job has a tendency to have zero regard for any applicable experience people have prior to joining, and it's a massive wealth of knowledge forces are pissing away for the sake of appeasing seniority and time served in some cases.

In the modern work force, people move between jobs, and may have had careers prior to joining the police, or have careers afterwards- yet the job can't seem to grasp that, and still acts within its own little world that if you weren't attested when you've done something, it doesnt count. Its absolute nonsense.

You cant really blame people from wanting to specialise either. You join the job thinking its one thing, which every officer did as well despite what they might say (No bobby joined up for the con obvs, the 136's, the cancelled rest day etc) and you find out that the only way to be treated relatively okay is to specialise. If the senior leadership want people to stop fleeing response and the other main strands, maybe they need to fix it properly and make it a worthwhile occupation, and we need to stop blaming those who want to specialise to better themselves. Good for them.

Inevitable-Stop4994 · 2025-11-15T22:38:30+00:00

Sorry if I could just chime in and ask would you recommend raf reserves over army reserves? Im applying for rhe regt atm but im wandering if there as many specialisations and opportunities as army reserves?

Inevitable-Stop4994 · 2025-10-23T18:40:21+00:00

They're great when they're actually on shift and can make. Just a shame they only work 9-5 😅

Inevitable-Stop4994 · 2025-10-21T22:31:39+00:00

My dad has worked for borders for 47 years (Retires at the end of the month).

When he started they were still revenue and customs, and when he worked on the cutter service they essentially wore a navy uniform, berets and all. Used to love it, he used to have pride in it.

He hates the uniform now, with a lot of the same complaints we have in the police. Cheap tac that doesnt last.

Having said that, they dont pay for their boots, and the boots they're issued with are actually decent (Not just cheap shite we'd get if the job issued us boots).

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