14-6th under surveillance

Me with the police car in the background (taken outside our house!)


Police car in front of our house.. it stayed there all night long and is still there (Sunday 26th Nov. 10 AM).


Police car behind our house.. it stayed there all night long and is still there (Sunday 26th Nov. 10 AM). You can't see it clearly but you can just make out the fluorescent green paint and the tail light thru the fence.


Our house has been under surveillance by the Police since yesterday night.

Why? Well I am not at the liberty to say.

This is my fourth encounter with the police, in UK, since I moved into 14-6th. Each time I have been impressed at the efficiency and professionalism of the local police.
They will come to your house for anything that they might need (such as a statement or a fingerprint). They are well spoken and polite. All in all very impressive.

Back in India everything good and bad about the police is well known by the local people. The local people know the whole 'system' and how to make it work for them.

Here it is the opposite. Nothing is revealed and no one actually knows what's happening in the police system. I am sure they must be having similar problems here as well, especially related to corruption and rascism (which is quite well documented actually!). But somehow it doesn't translate into their dealings with common, honest people.

Unfortunately its not the same back home. Where the police I think takes more pleasure in troubling honest folk than catching criminals.