PC Mariusz Foks
"Everything that I do everyday makes me proud"
PC Mariusz Foks is a Response officer in Boston.
Before joining he worked in the transport industry.
He explains what made him want to join the police and how he uses his additional language skills to engage with local communities.
Hello my name is Mariusz. I'm currently serving as a police constable responsible with Lincolnshire Police at Boston.
Before I started working for the police, I was not really doing anything similar to what I'm doing now - nothing to do with policing. I worked for a transport company mainly driving lorries and big trucks around.
What made me want to join the police? Just the job that they do itself. I just found it very interesting they way they work and it was always in the back of my head.
Working for Lincolnshire Police everything that I do everyday makes me proud, putting on the uniform and working alongside great people. It all makes me makes me proud and makes me enjoy it. Being an officer with a second language, I would definitely say it makes it a little bit easier when you're coming across communities because you can freely have a chat with them and speak to them.
Sometimes people fail to report stuff because they think they are going to struggle with the language, but once they know that someone speaks their language, it makes it easier for them.
I can actually help my colleagues as well when they have got issues or struggle, and we don't have to contact an interpreter so we can save money on that as well.
For someone who's thinking about joining the police, I would definitely say do it because from my perspective it's the best decision I've ever made and is really worth it - so if you're thinking about it, do it.