I must admit, the pub fight was played quite realistically.

Love the part were the kid asks "does everyone get to drive a fast car?" then it cuts to a AUSTIN MAESTRO panda car driving out onto a main road! Seriously though, this is what the Police force should be about, enforcing law, meeting the public, educating. It's strange to see kids so respectful towards the Police. So sad, time has moved on, and things should have improved, but thanks to bureaucracy and red tape, society has slipped back to almost neanderthal behaviour. I feel sorry for the Police, budgets slashed, officers sacked, and thanks to political idiocy, human rights and a "criminal as victim" culture, their powers have been diminished to almost nothing.

@0:20 - As you can see, no expense has been spared by the filmmakers in this lavishly recreated aftermath of a burglary. The trick is to start with an empty sitting room & ship in 2 crappy old veneer-covered units, before strategically placing a bin on its side. Back in those days, was quite a feat to remove a tv set with valves in it - probably required at least 2 burglars........

C.I.D , forensics , house to house calls they won't even come out now if you get burgled

All them shops have long gone from our daily lives. Life was less complicated and had values and right social balance unlike today’s jungle warfare in every borough.

18" TV!!! Guy must be loaded!!! 😮🇬🇧

Austin Maestro, the epitome of a fast police car in 1984! The job has changed a bit since then. Nice reference to the Sweeney too.

I love these police videos. All solved without a gunshot or drop of blood (okay, except for the thief's blood on the broken glass).

That Marching! quite orderly!

A couple of Brummies kicking off about who is "trendy"🤔

How I wish I could go back to those times. I never thought I'd ever hear myself saying this, but I miss the 'Local Bobby'. (Don't miss the 'clip around the ear' though 😂) The Local Bobby seemed to always be where you didn't want him to be. Normally the place where you were upto mischief 😂 I swear to God this is true. You could be messing around with your mates at the top of your street & he would suddenly appear out of nowhere. He will find out that you're being a pain in the arse & he would tell you (with a wicked, smug grin on his face) that he was going to talk to your parents. You would RUN down your road towards your house & he would WALK in the opposite direction. Now I don't know to this day how he did it, but by the time you got to your house the git was already there & 'Having Words'. But give him his due. If you showed him respect he would show respect towards you. And if you wanted someone to talk to, but you couldn't turn to your parents say, he would be there to listen & give you sound advice. You don't get that nowadays unfortunately

made in the days when the cops were the good guys........ how I miss those times

West midlands Police: It's time you woke up

Note how the chief superintendent is distinguished by the white rim round the peak of his cap.

All looks very familiar.

This made me laugh especially when they did all the finger printing after the couple's video got stolen and knocked on all the neighbour's doors. Nowadays you'd be lucky to get a crime reference number just for the insurance.

Ha ha ! One of the coppers is called Regan !

@3:53 - DF ?? The kid sat at the back looks about 30 !

When coppers were coppers.Seem to take anyone nowadays.

Interesting! The Constable on the right next to the WPC with the white hat, seems to be wearing a West Mercia Constabulary helmet rather than a West midlands helmet.

Oh how they have changed.

CID and SOCO for a TV and video? Yeah right!

Did he ever help that old Woman?

I do actually feel bad bad for police nowadays, they want to do a job but can't, shootings and stabbings. I'm scared to keep my head up half the time nowadays.

good job I have the complete film on fucking dvd!

Why is the copper pointing at the hotdog vendor's arse ?

1980///Birmingham

I'm not sure what part's fact and what's fiction here...obviously, the first clip of the woman discovering the burglary is (badly) acted..

if this was made today if would be the police that smashed to door in and then jailed the home owner on a trumped up charge

This may sound strange for many people but....I ADORE the west midlands accents, particularly the further out into the Black Country .It just SEEMS to me SO manly, SO ENGLISH!!!. Mind you, it sounds appalling on Women!!.

How times have changed. Now they are more interested in prosecuting thought or hurty word crimes.

Absolutely zero standards to join these days .dear lord

No fitness levels these days it discriminates

🌐 Oh look, we have one black recruit, so let's focus on her and hopefully the viewers won't believe we are a curupt, racist bunch of street thugs -

The title should be how to become a police thug !..

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