BEING a policeman is a hard job. They don’t get paid as much as they should, they work long hours and every day they risk being sued just for doing their job.

But being a cop just got sexy. Lotus has donated an Evora to the West Midlands Police and it looks fantastic.

Around the country 10-year-old boys are forgetting being astronauts and firemen. They want to join the police. Wouldn’t you?

For the more adult audience, this still adds appeal, even if you’re one of those weirdos who doesn’t like cars. Women already like men in uniform. Well, just imagine how much sexier a man in uniform becomes when he starts driving a supercar.

In fact, it’s enough to make me want to sign up as a bobby immediately. I mean, for once the boys in blue really don’t have anything to be, err, blue about (ahem).

The Lotus Evora can make anything sexy, even Emmerdale. That’s right, the humdrum soap that’s about as interesting as soap has featured a Lotus. It burst onscreen during 2010 and instantly became a more attractive character than Richard Thorp.

How could it not? The Evora can do 0-60mph in 5.1 seconds and blasts up to 159.1mph. Of course it can; the bonnet has 276hp underneath it. It must have been amazing to drive up and down those country roads.

Normally you couldn’t pay me enough to appear on a daytime TV show, but dangle a Lotus key ring in front of me and I’ll be on set in a flash. I’d do anything to get my hands on an Evora. I’d even consider going on EastEnders.

Just sitting inside one is an experience. Heck, I’d stay in the leather seats for hours, staring at the smooth black dashboard with those bright red speedometers, my eyes watering.

And when it came time to leave, you’d have to wrench me out with a crowbar.

But here’s the thing: when you did, I’d thank you because the view from the outside is even better.

Every inch is a master-class in engineering beauty. The body is curved to perfection. From the grille at the front to the pert spoiler at the back, nothing looks out of place. This is Jessica Ennis on wheels.

Now, assuming you were a policeman and you were trying to use this to win big in the great roulette wheel of ‘lurve’, beware. Chances are the Lotus Evora might just interest the girls more than you do (but hey, shallow’s good).