copped out

Had a chance to have a heart to heart talk with a police official yesterday who has served in the force for over 32 years.Aged 52, has gone through an angiography and been advised for a bypass 10 years a go but hasn't done it except medication simply because its beyond his reach.He says" let fate decide".A duty that has no fixed hours of work, resolving complains and disputes by the day , talking to people who proclaim to be educated but behave unlike them,uneducated people take donkey ears to settle issues for which they have to write tons of papers and end up thankless.The urgent call from the superior to take an immediate action on a social issue,or attending to an accidential death of a young engineer on a visit to the city who expired in a hotel as he was asleep.Age 24 years only.Hailing from a city where Hindi is not spoken,English is an issue for the cops and no translator to interpret the exact reason.To add to the top of all this heavy rains, a coffin made to order as his height is 6feet 3 inches ,to transport the body to the native place, complete the documentation and then walk back home tired and drained out to possible family time post 2200 hrs.One would normally go beserk trying to solve disputes of our own, imagine what happens here with piles and piles of disputes and all pressures coming from politicos, higher ups,and those that are not even connected to the issue by far.HIS SALARY.......anybody's guess?How many of us thank him genuinely??We sort of respect him for his chair and not him because tomorrow someone else will come as he gets transferred or retires.What a life??This is just the tip of the iceberg,imagine 90% yet to be exposed.