Quick Changeover Colour Framed

There was a golden era in policing when sleep was considered optional and eight hours between shifts was optimistically described as a “Quick Changeover.”

This piece captures that magical window of time when you’d finish lates, start earlies, and wonder vaguely whether the human body was ever designed for this experiment.

Front and centre is the only sanctuary available to the exhausted rank and file: Trap No. 1. The unofficial staff room. The thinking man’s refuge. The one place you could sit, contemplate life choices, and read the ever-evolving masterpiece of graffiti wisdom scrawled across the cubicle walls.

Philosophy. Conspiracy theories. Shift gossip. Relationship advice. Equipment complaints. Questionable poetry.

All written in biro. All brutally honest.

The officer portrayed here isn’t dramatic. He’s just tired. Properly tired. The kind of tired that comes from radio chatter still echoing in your head, your boots still on, and your body clock waving a white flag.

Note the details:

• Shirt half untucked

• Tie giving up

• Radio still clipped on because taking it off feels like admin

• Trousers around ankles because time is limited

• Expression of a man reconsidering every life decision that led him here

And yet… there’s humour. There always was. Because if you didn’t laugh at the madness of Quick Changeovers, you’d probably cry into your cold tea.

The walls in this illustration are a tribute to every police station toilet that doubled as a therapy room, debate chamber and rumour exchange. A living archive of sarcasm and survival.

This framed colour edition brings out every tiny detail — every scribble, every exhausted pore, every moment of weary reflection. It’s not just a caricature. It’s a shared memory.

Perfect for:

• Serving officers who survived the roster

• Retired officers who still wake up at 04:30 for no reason

• Anyone who knows that “quick” is a relative term

• Police stations, home offices, and former CID legends

A humorous nod to the shift pattern that tested marriages, body clocks and sanity — but somehow built the strongest camaraderie.

Because sometimes the only place you could get your head straight…

…was sitting in Trap No. 1 reading the latest wall wisdom.

Framed. Coloured. Unapologetically accurate.

By Boris.

Available in two frame sizes, with two mount options, making it ideal for display in a home office, study, police-themed collection, or as a meaningful gift for a serving or retired officer.