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The Job’s F****d: Secret Diary of a Police Officer
THE SYSTEM IS BROKEN. THE TRUTH IS WORSE THAN YOU THINK.
THE JOB’S F*CKED
The Secret Diary of a Police Officer
Policing today is not what the public imagines.
Beneath the uniform lies a profession suffocating under bureaucracy, political interference, and a leadership structure more concerned with optics than justice. Officers are stretched to breaking point, forced to navigate a world where insane decisions fail the most vulnerable, where criminals slip through the cracks, and where those on the front lines are left to absorb the trauma—alone.
The Job’s F*cked – The Secret Diary of a Police Officer is an unflinching, insider’s account of a service on the brink of collapse. With brutal honesty, it exposes the chaos behind the badge, the failures the public never hears about, and the impossible pressures officers face every day.
THIS IS THE BOOK THEY DON’T WANT YOU TO LISTEN TO.
THE JOB’S F*CKED
The Secret Diary of a Police Officer
Policing today is not what the public imagines.
Beneath the uniform lies a profession suffocating under bureaucracy, political interference, and a leadership structure more concerned with optics than justice. Officers are stretched to breaking point, forced to navigate a world where insane decisions fail the most vulnerable, where criminals slip through the cracks, and where those on the front lines are left to absorb the trauma—alone.
The Job’s F*cked – The Secret Diary of a Police Officer is an unflinching, insider’s account of a service on the brink of collapse. With brutal honesty, it exposes the chaos behind the badge, the failures the public never hears about, and the impossible pressures officers face every day.
THIS IS THE BOOK THEY DON’T WANT YOU TO LISTEN TO.
269 pages, Paperback
Published March 28, 2025
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September 14, 2025
Although some actual real issues were teased, when it came down to it there were no real details or proof about the most important of issues facing the police. At its best, this is a dark comic diary of a police officer, detailing very real and very horrific struggles that they face, without specifying the reasons and causes of this, but rather just spouting generic phrases like "lack of funding", and "SOs who just want promotions".
At its worst, it seems like the author has written an entire book purely to pat himself on the back because HE was a good officer, whilst simultaneously throwing the rest of the force under the bus. The writer, whilst several times assuring us of his unbiased approach to all, shows his biases against protected minorities often and even dedicates almost two pages to the derision of 'trigger warnings'.
Whilst I understand and agree that there are significant and problematic challenges facing the police force in England and Wales, I don't think this book does what it promises - explaining the actual challenges in ways that encourage thought, understanding, or god forbid actual change.
Some of the very short stories told within this book do help general citizens understand the horrors that police face on a regular basis, and I truly hope that in that way it engenders a more positive view of police agencies in general. However, the majority of this book left me going "ok, and..?"
Overall, very disappointing. This could have been much more ground breaking and effective had the author been willing to tread into deeper waters.
At its worst, it seems like the author has written an entire book purely to pat himself on the back because HE was a good officer, whilst simultaneously throwing the rest of the force under the bus. The writer, whilst several times assuring us of his unbiased approach to all, shows his biases against protected minorities often and even dedicates almost two pages to the derision of 'trigger warnings'.
Whilst I understand and agree that there are significant and problematic challenges facing the police force in England and Wales, I don't think this book does what it promises - explaining the actual challenges in ways that encourage thought, understanding, or god forbid actual change.
Some of the very short stories told within this book do help general citizens understand the horrors that police face on a regular basis, and I truly hope that in that way it engenders a more positive view of police agencies in general. However, the majority of this book left me going "ok, and..?"
Overall, very disappointing. This could have been much more ground breaking and effective had the author been willing to tread into deeper waters.
October 26, 2025
There were some good ideas regarding the issues facing policing in the UK. However, in the last chapter, Jay makes some significant transphobic comments in his section regarding DEI.
As we know in recent blue line history, a way to assault females is not to be transgender but simply a cis male in authority. I did not finish the book as I felt these hateful comments invalidate any underlying message and he has latch on to a rhetoric which any level of critical thinking, especially from a police officer who would have encountered this would have dispelled.
As we know in recent blue line history, a way to assault females is not to be transgender but simply a cis male in authority. I did not finish the book as I felt these hateful comments invalidate any underlying message and he has latch on to a rhetoric which any level of critical thinking, especially from a police officer who would have encountered this would have dispelled.
May 25, 2025
Very good inside look of the world of a Police Officer in the UK. I’m sure a lot of the information and views given can relate to law enforcement around the world. I enjoyed the book which was the raw and hard truth of LE today. Good insight and hard to face truths.
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