These cops have painted themselves and their uniforms to join in the London Carnival celebrations. Assigned to march with the dancers and street performers, they choose to immerse themselves in the fun. Before deciding to attend, we had been warned by other cops not to go to Carnival, as they perceived it as “dangerous” and full of pick pockets. All the other cops we saw at Carnival looked like they had no interest in being there. Mostly they seemed to be ignoring the whole thing. Like the Bush visit, Carnival required involuntary overtime by police officers.