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  • Metropolitan Police Recruitment Video from the early 80's. The video follows the life of John Patterson from a 'Citizens Arrest' right the way through to his first day on the beat as a Metropolitan Police Officer.
    Produced and Provided by the Metropolitan Police Film Unit.
    Sierra Oscar TV has only shared the video, no credit should go to Sierra Oscar TV for the production.

КОМЕНТАРІ • 89

  • @henryv3943
    @henryv3943 4 роки тому +17

    I joined in March 1980 and what a nostalgic reminder. Can honestly say I was proud to have served with such a grand bunch of guys and girls.

  • @nicholasdavies6264
    @nicholasdavies6264 3 роки тому +4

    I was there in 1988 , great memories ! Did my 30 yrs.

  • @williammohan9784
    @williammohan9784 6 місяців тому +2

    the lad between 2.15 and 2.20 being told he has failed his initial test to get in the Job, is Ken Lovell. It obvious that they have taken a bit of artistic licence here as he was a former cadet who passed out of Hendon and he worked with me at Kings Cross nick, ND. He went on to be a DC in the Murder Squad at the Yard. Now retired and living in Florida where he teaches scuba diving of all things. Top bloke and top old bill. I also worked with the former Captain of the RMP who is at 4.23. God time really does fly

  • @TheDusanka1
    @TheDusanka1 3 роки тому +5

    Wow, I joined in 1979. This brings back some memories.

  • @marklightfoot9113
    @marklightfoot9113 6 років тому +8

    The job has changed so much, not always for the best either

    • @GSayce
      @GSayce Місяць тому +1

      I did 15yrs in the 90s. Don't do it.

  • @ellul613
    @ellul613 10 років тому +11

    Best years of my life!

  • @Shizbazki2
    @Shizbazki2 11 років тому +12

    23 years on and Hendon still looks the same both in and out.

  • @Ouch.
    @Ouch. 10 років тому +10

    That looks really familiar to me and I joined in 1987

  • @keithgee9971
    @keithgee9971 8 років тому +2

    upon graduation , PC Patterson thinks to himself,..." now the real education begins! and they thought the Krays were real geezers.... birds, dope, and claret everywhere for me!"

  • @DPG214
    @DPG214 5 років тому

    I was here as a Cadet and as a Constable, from July 1984 to December 1985. I retired in July 1990 with 'Exemplary Conduct' rating.

  • @mud_grey_eminence
    @mud_grey_eminence 2 місяці тому

    Thank you for such an interesting and informative video dedicated to the British police in the second half of the 20th century. Can you help me determine what kind of musical composition is playing at the end of the video and who is the author of it?

  • @PottersVideos2
    @PottersVideos2 7 років тому +3

    Patterson is still a cop and I've seen him on UA-cam!

    • @AtlasFox
      @AtlasFox 4 роки тому

      Anyone know this video?!

  • @aussieman548
    @aussieman548 5 років тому +5

    The good old days when Cops were allowed to be Cops.

  • @nevmetson6145
    @nevmetson6145 6 років тому +1

    I was there in 1981........seems like only a couple of years ago sometimes.

  • @MikeMiasuki-vy3xx
    @MikeMiasuki-vy3xx 22 дні тому

    I attended a seminar put on by the London metro cops. One on the Lts. in an out fit in the UK was an ex-London metro cop. The Constables were a very brave and forthright group. Later in life, I met a former constable who left the force because of the abuse (physical and emotional) at the hands of the English public. He told me that based upon his experience that no one respected the cops and the crime was getting so bad that he feared that he would gunned down in the street. He didnt' carry a gun and none of them did. I spoke with a retired Inspector who told me that the bad guys were getting so bold that stabbing or shooting a Constable could buy one respect, He told me that the British public was the problem because they could not believe that things were so bad that Constable had to be armed. The public was wrong as usual.

  • @TED0962
    @TED0962 9 років тому

    Brings back happy memories!

  • @michaelwilson4316
    @michaelwilson4316 5 місяців тому +1

    How times change

  • @Agui007
    @Agui007 6 років тому +7

    Cor blimey when police looked smart rather than today, like dustmen or builders in overalls lol.

    • @RebeccaTurner-ny1xx
      @RebeccaTurner-ny1xx Рік тому

      I'd not noticed builders carrying tasers and wearing stab vests.

    • @williammohan9784
      @williammohan9784 2 місяці тому

      @@RebeccaTurner-ny1xx at least they dont support terror groups

    • @RebeccaTurner-ny1xx
      @RebeccaTurner-ny1xx 2 місяці тому

      @@williammohan9784 Here's an example of such groups: "On April 9, 1948, just weeks before the creation of the State of Israel, members of the Irgun and Stern Gang Zionist militias attacked the village of Deir Yassin, killing at least 107 Palestinians. According to testimonies from the perpetrators and surviving victims, many of the people slaughtered - from those who were tied to trees and burned to death to those lined up against a wall and shot by submachine guns - were women, children and the elderly.
      As news of the atrocities spread, thousands fled their villages in fear. Eventually, some 700,000 Palestinians would flee or be forcibly displaced at the outset of Israel’s creation, making the massacre a decisive moment in Palestinian history."

  • @melgrant7404
    @melgrant7404 3 роки тому

    Your character plays a big part in your suitability.

  • @thefiestaguy8831
    @thefiestaguy8831 7 років тому +2

    "that's it then, they want me to join on the 15th next month"..... haha as if it was like that nowadays.... I'm already a Special in the same force and my application to the regulars from application to appointment has taken almost 1 year.
    Due to start training next month.

  • @frankmurphyburr3598
    @frankmurphyburr3598 7 років тому +1

    when did the height restrictions end?

  • @Mountianlions69
    @Mountianlions69 10 місяців тому

    I was at Hendon in 03, class Captain and driller. The block was a shit hole.

  • @michaelturner5443
    @michaelturner5443 3 роки тому +1

    Saw two flat footed rozzers in bishops gate the other day the looked like a couple of circus migets

  • @vjab1108
    @vjab1108 6 років тому +12

    Social Engineering has changed the Police Force for the WORSE.

    • @RebeccaTurner-ny1xx
      @RebeccaTurner-ny1xx Рік тому

      What? Are coppers even more racist, homophobic and violent than they used to be? Are they even more on the side of employers against workers?

  • @michaelturner5443
    @michaelturner5443 3 роки тому +1

    I thought that all coppers where born with wheels ...never seen one out of a patrol car

  • @robnewman6101
    @robnewman6101 Рік тому +1

    Law & Order.

  • @industrialfun
    @industrialfun 9 років тому +19

    A job for life back then. Bit different these days: Join up for a few years, get rapidly disillusioned about the fact you're not allowed to chase villains any more and have to attend endless diversity courses instead, realise that everybody else is getting paid a lot more for taking a lot less shit, jack it in and go an get a proper jobs that pays proper money, with no night shifts. Jobs fucked. Looks good on your CV though!

    • @garthqueen
      @garthqueen 7 років тому

      Fuck off...coppers pay spirals upwards from day one! Least the pay scales i saw a few years ago did.

    • @thefiestaguy8831
      @thefiestaguy8831 7 років тому +2

      "Spirals upwards".... starts off at just under £30k, goes up by £2.5k a year until you hit £38k where it caps out, although speaking to regulars in the job you only see a pay increase of about £1,000 per year, and that £30k sounds good until you realise you only take home about £1,700 a month.....
      I was working in IT and taking home more than that in a boring IT job stuck in an office.
      I'm a special and have a training date next month for the regulars.

    • @thomas40444
      @thomas40444 6 років тому +1

      It's been lowered since 2013. Pay starts at around 19k these days rising to 30k..

    • @RebeccaTurner-ny1xx
      @RebeccaTurner-ny1xx Рік тому

      "you're not allowed to chase villains any more" because, y'know, they're suspects that haven't been convicted of offences.

    • @industrialfun
      @industrialfun Рік тому +1

      @@RebeccaTurner-ny1xx if you don't chase them, they don't get convicted. Do you think they hand themselves in? If you get some life experience you will understand this.

  • @Badanny777
    @Badanny777 4 роки тому +2

    Blimey, telling that applicant "you've led a sheltered life" ? What a thing to say. No empathy or insight that the poor girl may be a lesbian.

  • @RebeccaTurner-ny1xx
    @RebeccaTurner-ny1xx Рік тому

    LA Confidential (1997) stole one of the out-takes from this film:
    Captain Dudley Smith: Would you be willing to plant corroborative evidence on a suspect you knew to be guilty, in order to ensure an indictment?
    Ed Exley: Dudley, we've been over this.
    Captain Dudley Smith: Yes or no, Edmund?
    Ed Exley: No!
    Captain Dudley Smith: Would you be willing to beat a confession out of a suspect you knew to be guilty?
    Ed Exley: No.
    Captain Dudley Smith: Would you be willing to shoot a hardened criminal in the back, in order to offset the chance that some... lawyer...

  • @87654321j
    @87654321j 6 років тому

    I'd always like to join do my time on the beat then apply for CID a detectives life for me

  • @michaelturner5443
    @michaelturner5443 3 роки тому +1

    Note the total blank look on the faces of these coppers .....and they have only been asked there names

    • @delanodegenie6970
      @delanodegenie6970 Рік тому +1

      Let me guess Michael... Been nicked a few times have we?? 😂😂

  • @PottersVideos2
    @PottersVideos2 7 років тому

    7:31 Why did they get rid of that bit of the training course? Because nowadays they're not public servants, they're crown servants. Just ask any Police officer! If an officer who did train in water rescue came across a real life rescue scenario, I'm pretty sure they would be expected to stand by and do nothing.

  • @michaelturner5443
    @michaelturner5443 3 роки тому +1

    I could see he was have it trouble filling out the form question 1what is your name ..errrrr. Don’t know sir where’s the nearest doughnut shop how soon can I get my lavish pension

  • @michaelturner5443
    @michaelturner5443 3 роки тому +1

    Do they keep there sandwiches under those helmets

  • @keithgee9971
    @keithgee9971 8 років тому +1

    John Patterson thinks to himself,..." hmmmm, I can fuck, fight or fish"( fishing sucks, no polly's to shag.....okay, I'll FIGHT!!!) three laps around the track, a fe mock fights, marching like dipshits, then a pint of guiness- voila' , " welcome to the Sweeny"...

  • @phillipbrock4810
    @phillipbrock4810 2 роки тому

    Please do not go heavy handed with people filming at police stations some people like myself I am pro police but when you go heavy handed and abusing section 1 of PACE and Section 43 all because they are filming in a public place doing nothing wrong their is some are good police some are bad, if you might get rid of your tv shows EG: Motorway Cops and Traffic Cops and Road Wars, please that is why their is a disconnect with the public when you watch the things i seen on youtube. I like seeing different kinds of police vehicles.

  • @Degenerative1
    @Degenerative1 9 років тому

    PC Andrew Ott struck William Horner with a "full force blow" using his shield at a tuition fees protest in Westminster in 2010.
    He was jailed for eight months after being convicted of causing actual bodily harm at Southwark Crown Court.
    Judge Jeffrey Pegden said Ott, 36, from Kent, had abused his power.
    He told Ott: "This offence was committed in a sterile area, in relative darkness, when you had the victim cornered and no violence was necessary at all.
    "You hit him with a full force blow to his face with your shield.
    "That was wholly gratuitous, unnecessary violence, and I have considered the stress on William Horner over the last few years."

  • @nicky29031977
    @nicky29031977 5 років тому

    That blond recruit at 1.35 looks really cute...wonder where she is now?

  • @michaelwilson4316
    @michaelwilson4316 5 місяців тому

    PC PEACHMAN

  • @Degenerative1
    @Degenerative1 9 років тому

    ALPHA CHARLIE ALPHA BRAVO

    • @coops1964
      @coops1964 Рік тому +3

      Sierra Charlie Romeo Oscar Tango Echo 😊

  • @sabrinamynasir4537
    @sabrinamynasir4537 8 років тому

    This is soo weird to watch 🙄😐

  • @PottersVideos2
    @PottersVideos2 6 років тому

    7:25 This is sexist. Why don't they swap over and let the women tow the men?

    • @woofy881
      @woofy881 Місяць тому

      Does it fucking matter

  • @Bluedog5581
    @Bluedog5581 10 років тому

    Why don't they get guns

    • @reecearmit5959
      @reecearmit5959 9 років тому +1

      Because britain isn't as violent as America
      But we have armed response units called arv

    • @Koukimonster1996
      @Koukimonster1996 9 років тому

      ***** did i say anything about vocab? Dumbass

    • @TheAlllseeeingFish
      @TheAlllseeeingFish 9 років тому

      koukimonsters14 You attempted to argue on definition, this is a semantic argument. So, yes you did. I would proceed to lecture you on punctuation, as your previous comment clearly shows that is required, but you're clearly too thick to care or understand.

    • @MarineAqua45
      @MarineAqua45 9 років тому +1

      Because the founder of the British police didn't want to equip them with firearms due to fears of public mistrust amongst the politicians & public of the day. Also the Parish constables that preceded the police were armed & were brutal with their weapons, along with customs officers or revenue men as they were called.

    • @RashmikaClavain
      @RashmikaClavain 8 років тому +1

      +sam cooperman The Constabulary was formed in response to a disasterous incident where the army was used to put down civil unrest. This action resulted in civillian deaths, which caused at most levels of our society. Parliment needed a body to enforce hte law that did not carry guns, to ensure that this kind of incident did not happen again.

  • @portcullis5622
    @portcullis5622 Рік тому +2

    Application form:
    Have you got big boots?
    Do you have a penchant for violence?
    Are you a racist?
    Are you homophobic?
    Are you a misogynist?
    Are you good at lying and falsifying statements?
    If you can answer "yes" to all of these questions, then a career in the Metropolitan Police Force awaits you. Even if you answer "no" to one or two, don't worry, you could still be a successful candidate, as you will receive special training.

    • @JD-eq4dp
      @JD-eq4dp Рік тому +1

      You need to cheer up !

    • @RebeccaTurner-ny1xx
      @RebeccaTurner-ny1xx Рік тому +1

      @@JD-eq4dp Why? Are you a copper who'll come around and beat up the commenter?

    • @krystjanchanerley9288
      @krystjanchanerley9288 5 місяців тому +1

      They used to have standards for joining the police.. now it seems almost anybody can join

    • @nigelwake306
      @nigelwake306 Місяць тому +1

      Or an alternative .. Are you prepared to deal with decomposing dead bodies , suspicious deaths .. Be spat at or assaulted ? Do you mind getting covered in blood , puke and piss . How do yo feel about saving someone's life after they have been stabbed / shot . How about having one weekend off every four ? .. or returning to work having had only five hours sleep ? Searching for old people who have gone missing because of dementia ...etc etc .

    • @portcullis5622
      @portcullis5622 Місяць тому

      @@nigelwake306 Fair comment.