One Police Officer’s Experience

There was an evening were I got hungry after most of the local restaurants are closed in Belfast except a Chinese place right near our hostel. Once inside after ordering, a local Northern Ireland cop came in and placed an order. We had only been in Belfast a few days at this point and had heard a lot about the cops and how much they are disliked by everyone. Since I was still waiting for my order I decided to go over and talk to him. I went up and asked him if I could ask him a question. He responded saying that I could. I asked, “why would you want to become a cop since everyone hates them?” His response was “well I wanted to have a job of authority without becoming a para military. In becoming a cop I was then also disowned by my family.”  His response was rather interesting and from that I could even tell that he was a Catholic because he said that his family disowned him for joining the police force. I thought that his response was an excellent answer. After thanking him for answering my question we headed home and had some delicious food.