Killers, Kidnappers, Gangsters and Grasses: On the Frontline with the Metropolitan Police

In his latest book, crime author Dick Kirby draws on his experience with Scotland Yard's Serious Crime Squad and the Flying Squad to describe front-line policing in a no-nonsense style, where the public came first and criminals a poor second. The book includes accounts of arrests, ambushes, fights, and meeting informants in unlikely places, and is seen as a lament for the passing of no-nonsense law enforcement.

Format: Hardback
Length: 240 pages
Publication date: 04 October 2022
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd

In his latest exhilarating book, widely published crime author Dick Kirby delves into his thrilling policing service, much of which was with Scotland Yard's Serious Crime Squad and the Flying Squad. As if that weren't enough, he brings in accounts of fellow coppers during the final decades of the 20th century to add a fresh dimension. It quickly becomes clear to the reader that Kirby and his colleagues practiced their art in a markedly different style than that prevailing today. Corners were cut, regulations ignored, and pettifogging rules trampled on in the wider public interest of bringing criminals to justice and preserving law and order. Above all, the best senior detectives led fearlessly. Kirby describes front-line policing where the public came first and criminals a poor second. There are great stories of arrests, ambushes, fights, and meeting informants in unlikely places. Eyebrows may be raised at the book's contents, but many will feel that there is no place in the fight against serious crime for woke-ness and political correctness and regret the passing of no-nonsense law enforcement.

Weight: 496g
Dimension: 164 x 241 x 28 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781399074322