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The Job’s F****d

Secret Diary of a Police Officer

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The Job’s F****d

By: Jay Darkmoore
Narrated by: Caius Ashburn
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THE SYSTEM IS BROKEN. THE TRUTH IS WORSE THAN YOU THINK.

THE JOB’S F*CKED

The Secret Diary of a Police Officer

Policing today is not what the public imagines.

Beneath the uniform lies a profession suffocating under bureaucracy, political interference, and a leadership structure more concerned with optics than justice. Officers are stretched to breaking point, forced to navigate a world where insane decisions fail the most vulnerable, where criminals slip through the cracks, and where those on the front lines are left to absorb the trauma—alone.

The Job’s F*cked – The Secret Diary of a Police Officer is an unflinching, insider’s account of a service on the brink of collapse. With brutal honesty, it exposes the chaos behind the badge, the failures the public never hears about, and the impossible pressures officers face every day.

THIS IS THE BOOK THEY DON’T WANT YOU TO LISTEN TO.

©2025 Jake Dolsey (P)2025 Jake Dolsey
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Jay absolutely captures the danger, the pressure, the stress, the underpay in a way only a seasoned frontline cop can. For much of the book he had me in his corner, some of the war-ies are hilarious and entirely how it is. But other parts of the book he demonstrates a textbook cynical salty old constable’s lack of understanding of the nuance and reasons behind contemporary police policy. For example he rages about the professionalisation of policing through the mandatory degree program, then immediately goes on to say there is a lack of training in policing. He points out how complex policing is, because you need to understand law, coercive control, race relations, investigation techniques - all topics which are part of police degree programs. On other topics like DEI, he demonstrates the exact lack of appreciation of the issues that the degree program seeks to address. He demands hires be based on “the best person for the job”, but is measuring the ideal police skillset as a reflection of himself as a while middle aged male. He fails to appreciate that part of the goal of DEI is to bring alternative mindsets into the room which in turn redefine what “ideal” actually looks like. Yes, police are under-resourced, over scrutinised, and under paid. But Jay attributes the blame of many of his frustrations in the wrong place. If you can’t understand why random constables posting about family violence without regard for stakeholder relationships and potential for contradictions of official force policy is problematic, then it’s not surprising that you clashed with middle management. Perhaps if Jay was better supported with resources and a lower workload, he could have completed that study and understood what he was missing. But the idea that everyone from Inspector up cares about nothing but statistics and promotion is the height of jaded cop cynicism. Thank you for your service Jay. You did some great work over your career, and we’ve all experienced the same trauma and lack resources you did so we can certainly relate. It’s probably for the best that you have left the job though. I bought this book because I love Jay’s comedy content on social media, but I didn’t enjoy this book and wouldn’t recommend it.

Cynical rant of an ex-cop

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