Plod's Problem
If you have never read anything that I have linked to before, READ THIS.
It's a PA Consulting report on the problems with 24/7 response policing, funded (I think) by the Police Federation, and it should be printed out by every response officer and left in offices in Police Stations across the country.
Go on - read it. The madness that is destroying the Police Force Service is exposed, and it stands as a warning as it creeps through out the rest of the public services.