Lesley Kirk was born in the Scottish town of Greenock. She decided to join Strathclyde Police and to her surprise she was posted to Greenock.
When she joined, she was asked her biggest fears of being posted to Greenock and she stated that attending a road accident and a a sudden death. Both fears were realised within the first few hours of being on shift. Her tutor constable made it very clear that he didn’t want to tutor a woman.
Lesley was posted to Glasgow, and she went to Castlemilk where she experienced pure hatred from the public. Her new shift was very supportive and may have been too protective. Lesley would experience the types of criminal activity connected to depravation.
Lesley experienced the sectarianism within football in Glasgow on a regular basis. This effectively concluded her police career the football culture was insidious and following a “Old Firm” derby Lesley was the victim of a violent assault. This assault was avoidable but took place as the result of poor judgement by her Sergeant. She was later let down by the legal system.
There is no happy ending to this story!
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