I dont mean this to be a go at anyone in particular, it's just that this thread had raised an issue. People often complain when the Police are perceived as not "doing enough" or taking an incident "seriously", or even if a member of an emergency service isn't as chirpy and polite as they would like. Now as I said I'm not having a go at anyone in particular, and you guys are always very complimentary about Paramedics/Ambulance Service (as is proved in this thread). To us our accident is important, its (hopefully) the worst thing that will happen to us and its not something we will forget easily. The Police turn up to our accident scene and try and do a few things, firstly preserve life, secondly prevent any further accident our injury, thirdly preserve evidence, fourthly gather evidence and lastly charge someone with an offence if they believe one has been committed. Do we ever have any sympathy for the fact that they may be having to do this after dealing with a cot death? Or that they have just passed on the news of a death of a relative? How many times has anyone here had to sit in a house for a period of time with a body thats been lying for weeks or one that has been murdered? This is often the case, Police Officers are having to deal with our tantrums and fits with a smile on their faces, because if they dont they know that most members of the public will put in a complaint with the line "I pay taxes, I pay your wages", and chances are the complaint will be upheld no matter how absurd. All I'm saying is that we all should have a bit of sympathy for the Police Officers who turn up, listen to our moans and groans and then go on to deal with crap that I could not imagine in my worst nightmare.