I photographed for the Metropolitan Police's The Job magazine over several years finding myself in diverse situations including uncovering firearms in safety deposit vaults, to dusting down stolen cars with forensic teams and covering the activities of the Met's helicopter response units. For my Westfield assignment I shadowed two teams of officers patrolling London's Westfield shopping centres in both East and West London. One of the officer's, an ex-soldier, had explained that due to sheer size of the shopping centre in Stratford - anything and everything had happened at some point within the boundaries of the centre. As I left for the tube, he recommended that I put my camera away, even though it was strapped to me - "They'll just snatch it from around your neck".
Metropolitan Police at Westfield for the Met Police Magazine, The Job
I photographed for the Metropolitan Police's The Job magazine over several years finding myself in diverse situations including uncovering firearms in safety deposit vaults, to dusting down stolen cars with forensic teams and covering the activities of the Met's helicopter response units. For my Westfield assignment I shadowed two teams of officers patrolling London's Westfield shopping centres in both East and West London. One of the officer's, an ex-soldier, had explained that due to sheer size of the shopping centre in Stratford - anything and everything had happened at some point within the boundaries of the centre. As I left for the tube, he recommended that I put my camera away, even though it was strapped to me - "They'll just snatch it from around your neck".