In the series "The Wire" there's a conversation between the mayor and the police commander that goes like this:
– Can't you have police sit on locations where the homeless
gather? Monitor them like that?– And still answer the calls? Not without doubling up post units, which means overtime.
– Overtime, again.
– Blood in our veins, Mr. Mayor.
That's an interesting expression; I haven't heard it before.
My guess is he means his staff are not superhuman and can only do so much, but I'm not sure. So what does it mean? I couldn't find anything relevant googling the phrase so I'd also be interested if you know of any references.
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It reminds me somewhat of Shylock's soliloquy in The Merchant of Venice, i.e. the policemen are simply human, and in the OP's quote not super-human.