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A British policeman is popularly known as ‘bobby’. The expression is derived from the name of two-time Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel, who was also the Home Secretary in 1829 when the London police was founded. Bobby is the short form of Robert.
A bobby is ensconced in an impressive uniform with lot of paraphernalia attached to it like extendable baton, air-wave personal radio, personal note book, torch, leg and arm restraints, incapacitating spray and speed handcuffs and transparent protection shields. On the contrary, their poor Indian counterparts only have simple batons in their hand and they wield their authority only through the khaki uniform they wear and swear words. Bobbies are trained to address the citizens as ‘Sir’ and ‘Madam’. In the recent riots and loots, they probably kept requesting to the looters, "Sirs, please don’t break open shops, it is illegal," but the looters wrecked havoc. The British Prime
Minister is thinking of bringing US supercop Bill Bratton to London
for reforming his bobbies. I suggest he should try out our super-mamu
KPS Gill instead. Bobbies trained under Indian mamus will help
recover double the number of gadgets lost in the riots.
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On
the other hand, if you call an Indian policeman mamu you might
receive a whack of his danda on your ankle. Although there’s
nothing bad in the word mamu as mamu means your mother’s
brother, our policeman don’t find the term very pleasant.