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Originally Posted by Brillopad
I guess that confirms that unfortunately the Police can't mix business with pleasure. There will always be some dickheads, or worse, who will take advantage if they are not on the ball or momentarily distracted.
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Hypothetically, though, aren't they far MORE likely to "take their eye off the ball", so to speak, if boredom and lethargy starts to set in? Not really a parallel but, for example, under-18's aren't allowed in where I work but slip ups do happen with age checks. But, the times when people get missed, are not because staff are having a laugh with each other or "goofing around" with other customers - it's during the long, slow, boring stretches when people start to "zone out". Daydreaming is when people lose focus... not when being active. It's easy enough to multitask, and I'm sure it's possible for police to be aware of their surroundings whilst, for example, talking to someone, or in this case, dancing. They sort of HAVE to be.
So really, in theory, it's actually important to keep the mind and body active, in order to be fully focussed. It's all very well to say that they should just be able to stand there "on guard" and have full zen-like ninja awareness at all times... but, it's not very realistic... not hour after hour. I mean, go into the street and try to be aware of everything that's going on around your area. Easy enough... for 10 minutes, maybe half an hour. Now try to do it for the next 5 hours and tell me that your attention doesn't start to drift.
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