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#WhyDidYouJoin? Over the years i have heard many officer tell me why they joined the Job. I'd love to know why you did. Why police? This is why i joined. I was 18 years old working out what i wanted to do with my life, i was working in Asda on a check out when a colleague ran to
2) me & told me that i had an urgent call to take. It was a relative telling me that my mum had been in an car crash. I ran out there got into my car & drove to the hospital, i managed to get into ER to see my mum. Her face was crushed. Some thug had done a completely random act
3) of violence that almost killed her. Writing this now i write with tears thinking about it, thats pain that never leaves, almost 20 years on. I was asked to leave, i stood out side A&E 18 years of age in a state of rage. The police officer that was there i rememeber he had both
4) arms around me just saying "breath, please calm down, take a breath" this was my first every real interaction with police. I could have been arrested had i carried on but he saw i was in pain & was brilliant. My mother spent a few months in hospital. There were several times
5) at different operations when the Dr had told us that my mum may not survive. She had a full facial reconstruction after losing the sight in one of her eyes. The brain trauma she had had, i rememeber one evening sitting with her in hospital & she didnt even know who i was, she
6) was so confused she thought she had killed me in the accident. Throughout this time we had a FLO (family liaison officer) deployed to us. I think his name was Theodore? He was incredible, gave me a number to call him if we had any issues which we did after having press bombard
7) our home. During this time i was pent up with rage, i spent most evening driving around the area my mum was almost killed hoping that i would be next so i could stop/catch them. To this day i have no idea what would have happened if i had found them 
. I later told Theodore
. I later told Theodore
8) about what i was doing after i had been stopped by police while driving as i had been around the area a lot randomly
. He sat me down and said that i can't do anything to help my mum by doing what i was doing & if i truly wanted to help why not think about joining? Become a
. He sat me down and said that i can't do anything to help my mum by doing what i was doing & if i truly wanted to help why not think about joining? Become a
9) police officer? Me!?
Mums case sadly closed with no further lines of enquires, the officers had done literally everything they could to try & id a suspect. But i felt for me i needed more, that couldn't be it!? I thought long & hard about it. Once mum was home i talked about
Mums case sadly closed with no further lines of enquires, the officers had done literally everything they could to try & id a suspect. But i felt for me i needed more, that couldn't be it!? I thought long & hard about it. Once mum was home i talked about
10) it with her. She told me that she thought its what i was born to do. For me If i couldnt catch those that tried to kill mum. I'd do my best to protect others, try & support those in their darkest moments. Be that light that Theodore was for me. (Gosh i hope that was his name)
11) Mum was left with no lasting brain trauma which is a miracle in itself, but loss of sight and a full facial reconstruction. She is the strongest person i have ever met, i am proud she is my mum. We speak a lot and i tell her about certain things from work. She tells me how
12) proud she is of me and the role that i am doing. Thats why i joined. Why i became a police officer, that is why the job is a part of my life, its why it is a part of who i am. We all come from different walks of life, have different reasons for joining. so #WhyDidYouJoin?
