Harry Small

[Brick Cop©️ @Brick_Cop]

Ok let’s talk about desensitisation…👀

I don’t know how many sudden deaths I’ve been to. I can’t tell you how many dead bodies I’ve seen.

That’s not a normal thing to say is it?

(⚠️ Health warning for the rest of this post. ⚠️)

But that’s my job.

As a Response Cop and now Sergeant, we deal with sudden deaths and murders, daily.

Why?

To ensure there’s no foul play and conduct an initial investigation incase there may have been.

Last year one of my good friends (a fellow Sergeant) and I went to a “One Under” on the Underground. I’ve been to quite a few, he hadn’t. Seeing a human body cut in two by a train isn’t something that leaves you quickly. My friend was rather shaken by it, understandably, we left to get some fresh air and talked about how bizarre our job is.

The next call we attended was a noise complaint in a well to-do part of town. Having to be calm and rational at the next call when you’ve see what you’ve seen isn’t easy. That revellers don’t know you’ve just seen something they can’t comprehend, but you have to enforce the law. Behave rationally. It’s truly not an easy thing to do.

Then, you finish your shift, go home, see your family and stare into the middle distance, trying be you.

I won’t describe what a human body looks like after it’s hit the ground having jumped from a tower block, because you really don’t want to know, but it's been imprinted on my brain at least a dozen times.

I’d argue we’re some of the most messed up people you’ll ever meet.

Yet we’re also expected to work #PublicOrder most weekends, be rational, calm and deal with the frustrations of society.

This job isn’t challenging, it’s pretty impossible.

So that’s why I back Cops, that’s why I stand up for them and say it like it is.

#ThinBlueLine 🚨

[COPS @UK_COPS]

Remembering PC Andy Boardman, West Midlands Constabulary, who died on this day in 2023 after falling ill and collapsing whilst on duty.

[Harry Small @Harry_Small_]

@SouthStaffsLPT @WMPSMason @SStaffsPolice I’ll bring the cake! Thanks sir, see you soon 😁

[Harry Small @Harry_Small_]

@davefynn @WMPSMason @WMerciaPolice @CCPippaMills @StuartBillWMP Thank you Dave 😁 looking forward to it!

[Harry Small @Harry_Small_]

@StuartBillWMP @WMPSMason Thanks sir! 😁

[Harry Small @Harry_Small_]

@sgt_j_price @WMPSMason @StuartBillWMP @CCPippaMills @WMerciaPolice Thanks Sarge 😁

[Harry Small @Harry_Small_]

@WMPSMason @StuartBillWMP @CCPippaMills @WMerciaPolice Cheers Sarge 😁 thanks for all your support too!

[Sergeant Steve Mason @WMPSMason]

At HQ today and tomorrow with PC Small interviewing new student officers applying for various entry routes. Good luck to everyone who’s applied. Thinking of applying? Take a look here https://t.co/R0pkU2NlQL #policingpromise #PCDA #DHEP @CCPippaMills @StuartBillWMP

[Harry Small @Harry_Small_]

@CCPippaMills @VinnymanOne @HartlandLane Chief we will be more than happy to trial that at Ludlow 🤪😁

[Harry Small @Harry_Small_]

@SgtDamienK @SouthShropCops @WMerciaPolice @WestMerciaOCC Thanks for your help sarge 😅 don’t think it was a full moon?

[West Mercia Police @WMerciaPolice]

"Where shall I land tomorrow?" Asked the Dep. "How about Ludlow?" replied @CCPippaMills. "Good idea!" Said the Dep.
A huge thank you to the impressive PC Harry Small 👮‍♂️ for looking after Deputy Chief Constable Julian Moss whilst out on response in Bishop's Castle yesterday.

[West Midlands Ambulance Service #HelpUsHelpYou @OFFICIALWMAS]

Fatal incident involving ambulance crew in Herefordshire https://t.co/OddkJZxfjM

[tired Ex-Sgt @TiredSgt]

So far I know of two NHS admin workers, both working from home who have been given a vaccine 'because NHS'.
Meanwhile, my team continue to get spat and puked on by Covid breaching drug/alcohol addicts on a daily basis. No vaccine for them.

[Harry Small @Harry_Small_]

@philpatfredcats Fat Pat 😂😂

[West Mercia PCC @WestMerciaPCC]

“Through my #BehindtheBadge campaign, we are seeing progress; but there is so much more we, as a society as a whole, can do.”

PCC @JohnPaulCampion calls for more to be done to tackle assaults against emergency workers, as incident numbers rise.

https://t.co/8PDmjZJjsd

[John Sutherland @policecommander]

Last 10 days:
North Yorkshire PC assaulted: sustains complex fractures to tibia & fibula.
Met PC seriously injured in machete attack.
West Mids PC seriously injured after being run over by susp car thief.
God forbid we ever take for granted the risks officers face on our behalf.