The cover photograph depicts Police Constable 118 ‘a’ Thomas Wright. His imperious pose commemorates the awarding of a certificate for bravery on the Thirteenth of February 1911.
He risked his life to protect others. In this case it was a runaway horse, and not an armed terrorist, but nevertheless his heroism encapsulated the core principle of policing – that of protecting others, their lives, their property, their society.
The principles demonstrated by PC Wright remain at its heart to the present day - it’s why policing is in truth ‘The Noble Cause’.
This is a ‘warts and all’ book about policing in the 1980’s and 1990’s, written by two former police officers who did ‘the job’ collectively for more than seventy years.
Police officers see the worst of society, its inequalities, and injustice, and they sometimes have to confront pure evil and the lowest degradations of the human state. They have to face the horrors of murder, accidental death, suicide, domestic and child abuse, and sickening violence, to name just a few of the incidents described in the book.
This book tracks the course of two very different career paths in Birmingham and Walsall, one in uniform, one in the CID, until they ultimately converge. Also included, and rarely ever described to the public, are training courses and organisational structures that lie behind the officer on the street, as well as recollections from other retired officers.
The book serves as a window into the reality of policing and its trials and humour during that period. The incidents described occurred many years ago, but the basis of policing does not change, and the observations made are as valid today as they were then.
Whether it is public-order policing, keeping a lid on the streets, working undercover, battling against drugs dealers, the reality of dealing with death and post - mortems, or the investigation of serious crimes, this book provides a unique insight into the reality of policing.
A book for the curious, the nostalgic, the academic, the historian and the researcher. Totally factual and demonstrating the reality rather than the dramatic conflations shown on TV and film.
The book also contains many stunning photographs of a Birmingham no longer in existence due to development.
Also by Michael Layton & Stephen Burrows: ‘Black Over Bill’s Mother’s’ – A historical fiction novel
Amazon Kindle : http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01HQN8Q2W
He risked his life to protect others. In this case it was a runaway horse, and not an armed terrorist, but nevertheless his heroism encapsulated the core principle of policing – that of protecting others, their lives, their property, their society.
The principles demonstrated by PC Wright remain at its heart to the present day - it’s why policing is in truth ‘The Noble Cause’.
This is a ‘warts and all’ book about policing in the 1980’s and 1990’s, written by two former police officers who did ‘the job’ collectively for more than seventy years.
Police officers see the worst of society, its inequalities, and injustice, and they sometimes have to confront pure evil and the lowest degradations of the human state. They have to face the horrors of murder, accidental death, suicide, domestic and child abuse, and sickening violence, to name just a few of the incidents described in the book.
This book tracks the course of two very different career paths in Birmingham and Walsall, one in uniform, one in the CID, until they ultimately converge. Also included, and rarely ever described to the public, are training courses and organisational structures that lie behind the officer on the street, as well as recollections from other retired officers.
The book serves as a window into the reality of policing and its trials and humour during that period. The incidents described occurred many years ago, but the basis of policing does not change, and the observations made are as valid today as they were then.
Whether it is public-order policing, keeping a lid on the streets, working undercover, battling against drugs dealers, the reality of dealing with death and post - mortems, or the investigation of serious crimes, this book provides a unique insight into the reality of policing.
A book for the curious, the nostalgic, the academic, the historian and the researcher. Totally factual and demonstrating the reality rather than the dramatic conflations shown on TV and film.
The book also contains many stunning photographs of a Birmingham no longer in existence due to development.
Also by Michael Layton & Stephen Burrows: ‘Black Over Bill’s Mother’s’ – A historical fiction novel
Amazon Kindle : http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01HQN8Q2W
