 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Paddick akabatana neMetropolitan Police Service muna 1976, achigara muHighbury neLimehouse apo akashanda kwemakore mana seConstable muHolloway. Achikwira mumatanho, akashanda semukuru wechikwata chekupindura, mukuru wenzanga, mutikitivha, uye senhengo yeTerritorial Support Group inowanzozivikanwa seTSG kana kuti boka remhirizhonga. Paddick akanga ari musoja pamutsetse wapamberi panguva yemhirizhonga yeBrixton ya1981, chiitiko chakaumba mafungiro ake nezvemabasa emapurisa okurwisana uye chakasimbisa kutenda kwake mumapurisa emunharaunda. Akagadzwa Inspector muFulham muna 1983, Chief Inspector weDhipatimendi reVashandi veNew Scotland Yard muna 1986, mukuru wevashandi muna 1991, uye Chief Inspector muBrixton muna 1993. Munguva iyi, akashandawo muDeptford, Lewisham, Thornton Heath uko muninina wake aiva mufundisi womunharaunda uye Notting Hill achigara muSutton, Pimlico neWestminster, uye kwechinguva kunze kweLondon. Muna 1995, Paddick akava mukuru mukuru weCriminal Investigation Department CID kuNotting Hill uye aive nebasa rekutarisa Notting Hill Carnival. 