The Crime Factory: The Shocking True Story of a Front Line Detective. by Andy Jennings, Kris Hollington
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| Rating | : | 4.13 (970 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1780575254 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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Welcome to the Criminal Investigation Department, aka the Crime Factory. Where they perform life-saving medical care in the street, comfort people as they die, deal with gruesome suicides and murders as first-on-scene, attend cot-death post-mortems, examine rotting dead junkies for signs of murder, watch guilty rapists and paedophiles walk free, fight drunk soldiers, gypsies and various psychotic individuals, go undercover to catch scumbags who force-feed them crack, find missing children, arrest thieves, muggers, dealers, rapists and murderers The Crime Factory. Where the cops take and sell drugs (or steal them from the police storeroom), where they fit up, 'verbal' and harrass criminals, fight each other, drink-drive, abuse search warrants, have sex with sources, stab one another in the back (metaphorically), put each other under surveillance, abuse every aspect of their power, take
. Officer 'A' spent twelve years as a police officer, ten of which were as a CID detective. He resigned from the police in April 2010 and currently consults in private security and co-owns a successful business
Pen Name said The Bill. It seemed I was reading a novel and not a biography. I was hoping for a behind the scenes drama of the British and Western Australian police force. What I got seemed to be a disgruntled, whining Pom with a hip on his shoulder.. Mostly a work of fiction. expat Having personally worked with the author I have first hand knowledge of him and some of stories in this book.Even when still in uniform early in his career the authour had the well earned reputation as someone that would be able to fabricate or exaggerate details to spin a good yarn. This is basically what has happened here, consider it a work of fiction based on real events. The seedy underbelly of corruption in Surrey police, are you kidding??He was a hard worker sure but was often very tightly strung and didn't like to let reality spoil a good story. For example the murder he discusses involving the brick, . Thank you An interesting insight into the world of policing to a new recruit. A valuable message to care for my mental health throughout my career.
"I laughed, I cringed, and I also found myself deeply disturbed by it Officer 'A' does not pull any punches" -- Kevin Morris QPM, Head of the Superintendents Association for England and Wales