Red Line Entry - I'm with you. I don't recall seeing many 1*s and above selling Big Issue, or wandering the streets around Waterloo with bitser dogs on a piece of string. In fact, I don't know of any officers who haven't done once they have left the service. Most recognise that the ethos is different, as is the work rate; some do change jobs that are not what they had hoped for, but in general Service personnel - Officer and OR - do well outside the services, recent reports on homelessness notwithstanding.