Police Office’s First Day on the Job | Darren McGarvey: The State We’re In | BBC Scotland

Chloe hopes her own background will help her to change the perception of police officers in the community.
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[@cosmicpuma]

Respect to people who are willing to get up in the morning and do something that contributes to society. There are many hard-working, honest, dedicated officers, and only a lack of self respect allows you to disrespect others. Good luck on your journey.

[@freshtoast3879]

​@@christy140 Spelling...

[@thefiestaguy8831]

@@christy140 If you're going to be insulting it might help if you at least spell it right.... otherwise you just look daft.

[@Bruhmoment-ym4fz]

@@thefiestaguy8831The online grammar police has arrived!

[@thefiestaguy8831]

Too damn right it has!

[@freshtoast3879]

@@thefiestaguy8831 LOL 😂

[@bobrussell3602]

That new police officer has a good attitude.

[@christy140]

🤡

[@jambo8442]

She hasn't seen corruption yet

[@carlbland68]

i will give them more than that lol@@shipscook3765

[@rolandhawken6628]

That won't last long

[@markwarren5515]

They all start like that. Doesn't last long, believe me.

[@EmperorMingg]

You can just look at two people and you know they’ll be friends for life. I get that vibe from these two… similar ages, get along well, and a good mentor/mentor relationship going on

[@alekboi4016]

I wish my first day was this supportive🤣

[@thefiestaguy8831]

My first day was 7 years ago now.. perhaps not quite as supportive but not far off.

[@catrescuer]

Really good insight🎉

[@tmanxi]

lovley video

[@James_Duncan]

I thought this was Scot Squad

[@frogdigy]

Good luck to you,, I really hope you do manage to make a change as we need it

[@ilyasVa]

Anxious on your first day is normal. Just like any other job. Good luck ✌🏼❤️

[@tb5827]

Shes Worried about reading all those mean offensive tweets, but looks forward to putting these hardened criminals behind bars.

[@jambo8442]

Beauty officers!!!

[@g__o__l__d__6673]

ooonly the cameraman scottish

[@tommysheehan9316]

I’ll work with her as well

[@UR-9820]

All the best to the lassie u can tell she’s trying her best n she wants to represent the organisation in a positive way. 🎉

[@mozdickson]

Well done lassie. All the best! (I'm kind of shocked that a new recruit would not be fully conversant with basics such as radio use before Day 1 though?)

[@Scouser89Liverpool22]

I was thinking the same thing as well, well this is the standard of policing we expect in 2024, day 1 turn radio on, im really surprised she actually managed to get dressed all by herself

[@jswmonkey197]

@@Scouser89Liverpool22 Her mother probably tied her bootlaces that morning.

[@johnjong7001]

she will be trained in radio comms and use of radio but using it for real is much different than just with your trainer and fellow students on a closed frequency....

[@emirachelnatalie3397]

me too! I'm from NZ so watched the police college series that was done on NZ police youtube channel. They went out in uniform as part of their training so to see her on her first day and first time was a bit odd. Plus the experienced cop telling her what codes mean etc...maybe a refresher but surely they'd know? I'm learning to fly and we have to learn everything on the ground before we get onto flight radio.

[@thefiestaguy8831]

I'm an officer with 7 years in the job. Last year I worked with someone who had been out of training for 5 weeks - out on the street with mentors. Still didn't know how to private call another officer on the radio or make a phone call from it! When I was in training school (2017) we had a few days of radio usage and testing out the various functions, this was before the newer Sepura radios but in essence they are the same. Point to point radio use - known as "private call". They can also function as a mobile phone and make and receive external calls. And they can relay their signal to essentially a repeater transmitter fitted in most police cars in a "Gateway" mode, the car then relays the signal to the Airwave TETRA network. Would be useful perhaps if you parked your car outside, but walked into an underground car park but still had line of sight to the vehicle. The radios would struggle to reach the network and coverage underground would be very limited if not non-existent, but they can relay the transmission to the vehicle in gateway mode, and since the car is outside it has coverage, and relays it to the network.

[@YinWhoo-zx2sz]

That brunette cop is well fit.

[@user-po5nd7fr3r]

Well done XD

[@YaNansCrustyToe]

The pair of them couldn’t catch a cold!

[@clothcapkev2088]

I am glad your many years as a thief taker, top detective, has thrown light upon this.

[@ArthurShelby-PB]

Yeah... it makes no sense how they are in jobs like that

[@user61917]

Can you post her now a month later

[@BullionaireUK]

Too busy in therapy

[@Mosherose08]

I love the accent 😂🇺🇸

[@hahanah1463]

Pathetic in more ways than one. Those two girls couldn't arrest one 6ft bloke

[@rpg5017]

these two look like they are made up for a night out. Not on the police force.

[@Superman-nn4nw]

Bigger they are the harder they fall. Don’t underestimate trained officers. They are part of the UK’s biggest gang.

[@Climbatron]

Well when there's no 6ft blokes applying what are we meant to do? Have no police?

[@me5969]

Most people around 6ft tend to have the mass of a rizla paper tbf unless they're on steroids or something but even then they'll just have a stroke mid arrest. Aside from that they don't tackle people one on one anyway.

[@ubt3606]

​@@me5969estrogen comment

[@dedeferreira98]

As a portugueses ill never understand how anyone thinks having unarmed cops is a good idea.

[@lesb1anlesb1an]

These two can arest me any day they both are well fit

[@Warrioruk]

I thought the exact same thing. I'd resist the arrest, so things would get more physical with them.

[@weefrasey1]

The voiceover/narator sounds like they asked asked limmy to do it and payed him £5 for the job.

[@dogwithwigwamz.7320]

I`m not a copper and have never been under a roof where the blue lights are on. I and my collegues ( as were ) however have chased police cars through red traffic lights when they have had their blue`s on - whilst we were in a civilian car. That was in the city of Valladolid, Spain, in 1989. The reason we were chasing them ? Well, they asked us to follow them before rushing through central Valladolid at midnight ( after we`d endured a 12 hour drive from Santiago de Compostela ). None of us spoke Spanish - and none of us had driven on the right hand side of the road, either. But we managed to tell them where we`d come from and where, in the city, we wanted to be. They said, " ven con nosotros..." and proceeded to drive as if the Devil were after them. It was like a chase from one fortress to another. Sometimes the police can be most helpful ! Oh, I forgot. I have been in a vehicle when the blue lights were on. That was when I was accompanying a patient from Lincoln General Hospital - where he`d had a scan - back to the hospital he was a patient in. He ( the patient ) had to sit in one part of the ambulance whilst I had to sit in the opposite part ( as far away from him as possible ) on the grounds that he was radio-active as a result of the treatment he`d had at the hospital.

[@lifewithReuben-bt9eb]

Do you have to get oc sprayed in police training

[@adil1690]

Imagine being under attack, you call the police and these two Barbies turn up😂😂😂😂.. What do they do? They call the men

[@who_is_dis]

They're essentially PR for the police - but funnily enough, it'll have the opposite effect to what they're after.

[@christy140]

😂😂😂

[@commendatori1]

🥰♥️

[@chrisbamborough222]

Two years minimum walking a beat alone in all weathers dealing with crime as it happens or shortly after was how it used to be.. She is well intentioned and may make a good Officer but if they did as in the past when the detection rate for crime was much higher then i have doughts that many recruits would be found..

[@TerranceYippy]

Day out with the Gestapo 😮

[@conmancleall0]

BBC Scotland but not Police Scotland?

[@kylewaddington1983]

What city in UK is it in

[@Kristen-dd4gd]

High Wycombe (1:00)

[@stevenbates9231]

Rome 😂

[@user-lx5do4zc6n]

@@Kristen-dd4gd it is geographically part of the UK, but culturally it is well on its way to becoming an foreign enclave: most of the natives have already been pushed out to the outer parts of Wycombe like Lane End and Micklesfield, where even there they are not statistically safe. The whole town will be lost in 40 years

[@Carlos19716]

Both pretty fit

[@mtblegends1422]

The BBC has really become very basic and low quality, in it's content and substance.

[@Stirling-Moss]

Innit search up "the day Britain stopped" 2003 and you'll see how good bbc was

[@Wordinomics687]

Get a grip it’s not always that serious. we gotta lighten up sometimes with contents like this sometimes. It’s not all negative news and same rhetorics.

[@Luki-jz6gm]

Their first day in bbc too

[@_Area-51]

I agree although I did find this interesting

[@Loowee__]

I swear every police force has got those new Peugeots??? They seem kinda cool to drive, us in Essex have got them now too.

[@thefiestaguy8831]

As a UK officer in a different force we had plenty of the older Peugeots, 68 reg, they were terrible cars, jerky as anything, handed like the wheels were smarties and were terrible in corners. Slowly being replaced with Toyota Corolla Hybrid cars which are actually a lot nicer inside and drive a lot better than most people think they would - only downside is the amount of times I've gone to pull away at a junction with my foot only perhaps 20-30% down on the throttle pedal and the front wheels have just spun....traction control light flashing up on the instrument cluster. Colleagues have made the same remarks...

[@freshtoast3879]

​@thefiestaguy8831 I think that the older cars, and police vehicles in general are used excessively aggressively and not well cared for. Thus, this produces cars that don't perform.very well after a certain amount of miles. What's your favourite car to drive?

[@thefiestaguy8831]

@@freshtoast3879 Depends. The BMW's we had I felt most familiar with but they were awful, you felt like you were sitting bolt upright since they were the 218i gran tourer versions, essentially a tall MPV, drove like a boat. The Pegeout 308 SW's were alright but they were terrible around corners, the wheels despite being as wide as most other cars felt like smarty wheels on corners, you'd feel the car slide from side to side a bit especially if the road was damp or in the rain, they handled like crap and weren't that quick. The Vauxhall Astra estates (facelift 2019 model) were better and probably my favourite, until the Toyota Corollas came along. The only downside to those is the tendency for the front wheels to spin even under light acceleration off the line. We did have a small Vauxhall Astra hatchback unmarked car, it was only a 1.4 litre engine but by god was it punchy and quick enough. I drive a 3 litre 2017 BMW 335D Saloon myself. Quicker than most cars (0-60 in 4.6 seconds and 313 bhp, which for a big 4 door saloon car with all wheel drive is quite impressive).

[@freshtoast3879]

@@thefiestaguy8831 I see. Are your models fitted with a device that detects if the lights and sirens are initiated? I know older models are not, and a few officers that were friends admitted to me that kn more than kne occasion, they used the sirens to get through traffic when waiting (no emergency).

[@thefiestaguy8831]

@@freshtoast3879 No. Not in a literal sense.. The legislation says nothing about using emergency warning equipment for emergencies, it only says if to not use it would hinder progress. Additionally the use of warning equipment DOES NOT have to be for an emergency only, as long as it is for a policing purpose it would likely be justified. Using blues to catch up to a speeding vehicle would be justified, but that's not an "emergency" in it's own right. This is all aside from the fact that no warning equipment has to be used for trained police drivers to make use of the three exemptions afforded to them.... which are contravening a keep left bollard, disobeying the speed limit and contravening a red ATS, which essentially means a red light becomes a "give way" sign. It is 100% perfectly legal for a police driver to speed around in a police vehicle, without any blue light or sirens going, provided they are a trained driver (not all are), so long as they can justify it. A device that detects whether blue lights and sirens are activated would be pointless - since you don't have to be responding to a call to use them anyway. I've come across countless crashes on blind bends on routine patrol and used blue lights to protect the scene, to avoid a secondary collision. Flashing blues especially in the dark are far easier to spot from a distance than a stationary car which may give the illusion it is slowly moving. Our vehicles are fitted with telematics boxes, which record everything, doors opening/closing, bonnet opening/closing, braking, acceleration, steering wheel degree, blue lights/rear reds activated on/off, siren on/off, horn activated or siren tone changed.... you name it. It can be downloaded by our traffic garage in the event of a collision. Whilst this system does record everything, it doesn't show it "live" to anyone, it's essentially just reading data and storing it on a hard-drive within the card which can be accessed and reviewed later on if required, but it isn't done so as matter of course unless there is a reason to do so.

[@tobywan12]

I have a question @1:40 why are they allowed to take their hands off the wheel to use a mobile radio? All police cars have an in-built radio into the car with a PTT button either on the wheel or gear stick. If that were an ordinary road user, we'd be nicked for that!!!!

[@8XL]

get a life

[@tobywan12]

@@8XLbit of a helmet really aren’t you? Tell me, would you say the same if she ran over your kid? They are fine to nick people without two hands on the wheel and different road rules apply to them..

[@IJFJJAJI]

same way you're allowed to take your hands off the wheel to use your radio in your car.

[@aaronleonard8199]

"All police cars have an in-built radio into the car with a PTT button" No. They don't.

[@thefiestaguy8831]

They don't. I'm a serving UK officer and the "push to talk stalk" fitted in a lot of our cars is broken. Many of the cars don't even have a PTT fitted anyway. The idea is the driver drives, and the passenger operates using the radio and navigates to calls. The problem with this is that usually the person operating is newer to the job than the driver, and often they are VERY new to the job, so are unsure of what to ask for or what to say, so you as the driver have to keep telling them what to say, or what to ask for... I personally don't mind doing this but I know some colleagues get fed up of it when they're going to a call so they just ask themselves. Also two-way radios aren't covered under the same legislation as mobile phones. In the same way you could legally drive around with a CB radio fitted to your car and use it, as long as it didn't distract your driving.

[@ScottyBoy-ns2rt]

alright just saying maybe hair regulations should be enforced a bit more because I wouldn’t be very intimidated if the officer had pigtails lmao

[@SaSa-fs8sb]

Kitchen, kitchen, cooking

[@johnwalkup7060]

First day what are you anxious about ? breaking a nail

[@Striker885]

Office’s or Officer’s 😂

[@seandidsomething]

how does she not even know codes for the radio and how to even use it prior to her first day wtf

[@that1otherguy93]

very beautiful officers

[@mistofoles]

"Sae whit's the sitchation noo ?" "Eh ?" "He said "What's going on?" " "Oh.."

[@LazarkGaming]

Either she's explaining it for the audience, or the new girl hasn't done any training.

[@user-dn6kj8xc7r]

Wonder how many hurtful facebook comments they were able to prosecute in their one shift.

[@Orcaben1]

Thames Valley getting them newer cars, woosh

[@graemepaterson9867]

She will turn out like the rest of them. Corrupt as hell.

[@jak5297]

You've watched too many movies mate 😂 get a grip

[@enricoiraldo9057]

Relax Natasha if it wasn’t for the cops you wouldn’t dare bringing your sorry ass outside

[@sunrayisdown1690]

Seens the false eyelashes are standard issue !

[@user-pb3tw7ox5n]

Every time i go police they dont go through there job properly or i get arrested makes sense

[@adoptednuyorka]

2 woman on duty is how nothing gets done

[@josephthompson1318]

Name, #, station & inform if yr camera is on, that simple. Shame pol training is so poor.

[@NS-un3pg]

Policy enforcement overseers. Criminals in plain sight.

[@666222333111]

eeeeey that Chloe is kinda nice she can come arrest me any time. Don't even have to bring cuffs I've got mine.

[@andrewgleeson3946]

any knowledge of the law by any chance?

[@perryboots3017]

I can garentee you wouldn't wear any of then out in public

[@fab9202]

The police officers don't sound Scottish 😐

[@Design_no]

Maybe they should take a look at the absurd laws they have to enforce in Scotland.

[@scryptyc4295]

That other police officer is gorgeous.. arrest me ..

[@jpyoung9259]

Putting people out that don’t know the law to in force it 😂😂 irony

[@Jsfun]

You'll never manage to staff a police force if you require them all to be trained like lawyers. The job of the police is to arrest when they *suspect* you've committed a crime, and they are allowed to do so as long as that suspicion is considered reasonable by the courts. It's up to the courts to understand the intricacies of the law, and rule accordingly. It's a system that sucks for those who are wrongly suspected and can be open to abuse, but there isn't much alternative - we can't afford to put every random constable through 5 years studying law at uni.

[@TheMrSafeTheFirst]

No irony in it at all; You’ve poor vernacular, that usually indicates a poor economy with words and a limited vocabulary.

[@jakeicloud]

How do you think they will learn?

[@thefiestaguy8831]

The irony of criticising others but not being able to spell "enforce".

[@outdoorsy01]

4:02 chill up your spine? What a weird thing to say 😕

[@visco4916]

words you don't wanna hear

[@Mike_5]

To be fair Darren looks like he should be in cuffs in the back seat

[@SaSa-fs8sb]

Scrap competency testing. Wrong people

[@leejeffery-gu2vu]

Trust is at rock bottom, And it’s all the police’s fault.

[@andrewcarroll2734]

I like a women in uniform a..❤😅😊 Yes..

[@fatamy8597]

as a lesbian same 🤣

[@ubt3606]

Embarassing 😂

[@lightningforesthd3446]

The two hottest police officers in Britain

[@Mo-ig4gy]

The first lady tryna teach police work with shiny, glossy nails. If I call 999, don't send her pls

[@seancrowe3353]

Women shouldn't be police officers. These two would not be able to arrest me and I'm 5'7

[@josh35639]

Wanna give it a go big man?

[@fatamy8597]

LMAO you think that means you’re big?? 🤣🤣 these two could be 5’7 too mate

[@thefiestaguy8831]

Alright Steve...

[@exo-d9972]

Half the men they got on the police force couldn’t do nowt with your average man so these 2 don’t make much difference

[@user-dm4sg9it5u]

Couldn’t catch a cold, haha🐷

[@samwoods7484]

What a load of crap 🙈

[@roughwalkers]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 embarrassing

[@christy140]

Remember to get in the Police you Must Not know anything about Basic Law…

[@sleepswithnopillow8413]

FTP

[@sleeping_sheep_slayer_9000]

humza yusuk WHITE

[@songshanze]

Wow, are you guys actually speaking English😂

[@adoptednuyorka]

How do they manage a 6ft3 intoxicated bloke, massive box tick, ridiculous, lets see u do it on ya own with no assistance, fake rubbish

[@Tomo-hb2tq]

Why are they wearing so much makeup how can anyone take them seriously when they look like they are going out on the piss with that much makeup on

[@user-mh9ix2ow5d]

darren mcgarvey pure tic fanny

[@The-walloper]

Day 1. Hoping to make a difference and help the public. Day 2. Completely corrupt and run by feelings and ego. Police these days are scum. Absolutely corrupt and incompetent.

[@imnottellingyoumyname3050]

​@@Arthur-Gievesto be fair with that wrap sheet it does sound like you needed better mates

[@corporate_marshmallow]

Brunette Dorris knew the cameras were guna be in that day, extra make up slapped on.

[@cfcdaviddcfc]

the guy in this video has multiple previous

[@neilmiller6214]

BBC 😂 shoite

[@FUCKgmp]

Told my daughter who talks about being a cop 😢 Told her if you want to make a change and society safe ! Become a Officer that investigates corruption in the police

[@mgoyid]

AC-12 line of duty 😎