Outback cop mans beat the size of UK
China Daily | Updated: 2018-09-18 07:39
BIRDSVILLE, Australia - Being the only policeman in an area the size of the United Kingdom might be daunting for some, but not for Senior Constable Stephan Pursell.
The easy-going 53-year-old runs a modest police station in the equally modest town of Birdsville, making him the law across a vast swathe of outback Australia.
In this isolated, arid, ferrous-red-and-orange moonscape fringing the Simpson Desert, dust, pesky flies, feral camels, wild dogs and deadly snakes are your main companions.
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