Page Forty Six - Wanda Isn't a Fish (Copcast #161)

From Tales From George's Pocketbook

December 5, 2025

About this episode

George discusses the challenges of working with inexperienced officers during tactical training.

At ninja skills training, sorry Defensive Skills or Officer Safety Training, they bang on about using tactical communications, officer approach and stance, the conflict resolution model, how your behaviour affects others, the reactionary gap, etc. All very valid and if you want to avoid getting the odd punch on the nose then it's worthwhile paying attention. The biggest problem George often encounters however is being crewed up with a probie who's been watching too many episodes of Street Wars or Police Interceptors and is a little 'punchy'. It's quite often these younger ones who prefer wearing the uniform to actually getting stuck into the paperwork. On a Friday Night Duty you can almost feel the testosterone brewing in the office prior to jumping on a carrier. Recently they were on the Public Order Carrier on a Friday night and were called to reports of a female making off from a criminal damage at a pub. Clearly she didn't like the cocktails and had demonstrated her frustration by throwing a bar stool at a window. The fact it was a female made George sit up and listen. Fighting girls is not one of his favourite past-times; they kick, scratch, spit, bite and have a natural…

People in this episode

Host: George

Topics covered

  • tactical communications
  • officer safety training
  • conflict resolution
  • police culture

Keywords

  • ninja skills
  • testosterone
  • Friday Night Duty

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Wanda Isn't a Fish, Street Wars, Police Interceptors

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