Reviews: "A thoroughly good read about a varied life leading a long police career. Obviously written from the heart the way the author thinks. Great stuff so far, will revisit my review when I complete the read" "An interesting insight into the life of a police officer charting his career from a PC through to detective inspector including a thorough expose of working conditions and attitudes in the Met between 1980 and 2005" "What an interesting life and all those things that were happening in the police, simply unbelievable" "I found this first hand 'Warts and All' thorough description of the workings of the MET in some ways shocking but also encouraging that there are senior policemen trying to improve the system and catching more criminals on the way. Highly recommended" "A proper open and honest book about an interesting life in the MET with no punches pulled. A must read!" "For those of us in the Force, this is a very insightful lens into insider fraud and corruption and opens up the mindset and lessons learned to see how justice prevails, or not the case may be. The author demonstrates resilience, steadfastness and hope in his remarkable Police journey. Highly recommended" Author's note: I was aware when writing this book which concentrates upon corruption in the Met's Flying Squad, that I would be subject to the wrath of a small number of former Flying Squad detectives once it was published. One former Flying Squad detective has given this book very negative feedback amounting to only one star out of a possible five. Content Summary: I provide instances of police practices that would not be acceptable today but were then welcomed by the public. I recount in some detail my experiences at a riot in Brixton and the successes of officers relying upon their initiative rather than direction from a remote command-centre. I and a dozen uniformed officers without any riot protection clothing, repelled over two hundred advancing rioters. From Detective Training School at Hendon, I was posted as a new Detective Constable to east London. I was confronted with serious CID corruption between a major drug dealer and my supervisor who was a Detective Sergeant. He invited me to join them in his conspiracy to lose evidence and to receive a bribe. I secretly reported this, and I was fitted with a covert listening device. Over a period of three hours, I gathered sufficient evidence to convict my supervisor at the Old Bailey for corruption. He was imprisoned. Four years later, as a Detective Sergeant, I was selected for the Flying Squad at the infamous Rigg Approach unit in east London. It was the worst period of my life. After nine months, and due to concerns for my safety, I was directed by a senior police officer at New Scotland Yard to immediately report for duty at the Counter Terrorist Command. (After lengthy covert operations by anti-corruption officers, numerous Flying Squad Detectives at Rigg Approach were subsequently imprisoned). During my six-year service with the Counter Terrorist Command, I served in both Northern and Southern Ireland. I was involved in the arrest and prosecution of many members of the IRA. I became the national lead regarding CCTV and covert video evidence. I was known by the IRA as ‘The Video King’. My final posting was at Tottenham CID in north London as a Detective Inspector. I devised and implemented a unique police CCTV system incorporating over one hundred and forty cameras which recorded 24 hours per day. This system resulted in over 600 convictions at court. The convictions were for a gang land murder, GBH and muggings. About 20% of mobile phone thefts were found to be false.