The Policeman's Blog

So, in no particular order and because I thought you might be curious, here are a few pictures.
First of all, chez Copperfield.

I got up one day to find this photo in my letterbox. It was taken by an estate agent, then pasted onto a piece of card, with the legend along the lines of, "We could sell your house and it would look like this." (minus the wheelie bins and box of wood, I hope). I don't live on a slope by the way, it was just the way the photo went into the scanner. Notice also the intense blue sky, which is a regular feature of life on the prairies.

Next, as a sort of homage to Gadget's post about all the police vehicles at Kingsnorth, here's a picture of a Ford F250.

Look carefully and you'll notice the ironic decal at the back that says "FOOT PATROL". It's mainly used by the 'beats' part of the organization. I work in patrol rather than beats and the distinction is rather like the NPT(neighbourhood)/IMU(response) in the UK. Over here, the city is so spread out, foot patrol isn't really an option outside of the centre so the neighbourhood officers go around on mountain bikes. I don't know whether they carry on in the winter, as things get more than a little chilly round these parts.

Finally, here's some roadkill.

I'm told that this is a badger, but realistically, you aren't going to get too many shaving brushes out of him. Readers are, as ever, welcome to comment, but I think it's an American badger and the fact that it appears here, dead, on the front bumper of a jeep means that it's probably not subject to the provisions of the Badger Act. The roadkill in western Canada is enormous and driving between Calgar and Edmonton it often looks like there have been a few massacres on the road, where the odd Elk has lost the battle with a truck.