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I'm on my rest days and recently spoke to my uncle who I lost contact with. He asked me why I joined the police and how I found it in the beginning. I told him about the first sudden death call I had experienced during my first few weeks in the job.
It was an elderly man who was found in the early hours in the morning by his wife.
I remember thinking to myself on the way to that call what do I say, what do I do, feeling anxious.
I remember thinking to myself on the way to that call what do I say, what do I do, feeling anxious.
I arrived at the scene and came across an elderly woman scared, shaking and in shock. I immediately comforted the woman and explained I had not been to this situation before and I was new but what I did know was that I wasnt going to leave her on her own through this ordeal.
The woman explained to me she had been with her husband for 35+ years. She went on to say they worked together, lived together and did everything together. It was like listening to a love story from a book.
The lady went on to talk to me about her time as a child during the war and telling me her memories she had with her husband. All whilst we waited for the coroner to arrive.
After several hours, it was time for her to say good bye to her husband. I remember her telling me she was scared to say goodbye whilst crying. She was shaking and scared, I held her hand whilst she said goodbye. The grip of her hand was so tight.
After her husband was taken away, I made a promise to this lady I would not leave her alone and waited several hours for her daughter to arrive.
I thought about her all night. I attended the address with my street duties instructor the next day to make sure she was ok. I remember her thanking me and telling me she couldn't have said good bye without me there.
Randomly I will just think about her and wonder how she is doing.
Many people assume all the police do is to go out to catch the bad, but the job is so much more than that.
It's a privilege to be able to help those in our communities face their hardest obstacle whether that be a sudden death of a loved one, a child who has gone missing or simply that support whilst going through a mental health crisis.
