A police office who received homophobic abuse after arresting a suspect says he has been the target of vile behaviour repeatedly in his line of work. A new policing documentary, which aired on Channel 4 on Tuesday, July 12, documented the abuse UK police officers go through on the job and it was highlighted by first hand accounts and body cam footage.
Within the first five minutes of the Brighton-set programme, police officer Ben set out the grim relaity of day-to-day policing currently. He said: "If you think this uniform is something that commands respect, you need to think again. It's the in thing at the moment that as soon as the police turn up to an incident, mobile phones come out. They then post it on social media 'look at what this police officer's done'. People just don't trust us."
Police officer Jack added: "We are told do not wear your uniform to work, because people will try to hurt you." During in the documentary, police officers Jack and Sophie attended an actual bodily harm case, and both got both physically and verbally assaulted by the suspect. Jack got punched in the face and Sophie's nail was completely ripped off.
