![]() Over the years they have been hobbled by rules and regulations that have effectively prevented them doing their job – preventing crime and catching criminals. ![]() Back then the police were respected and obeyed and had real power. I would have got in at the last glory days of policing, the Gene Hunt era of the Eighties. I think with hindsight I should have applied to the Met instead, and maybe tried a bit harder at the interview. I’d already been offered a place on the Daily Mirror Graduate Training Scheme, so I went off to be a journalist instead. I wasn’t offered a place on the fast-track scheme but I was told that I could join as a normal entrant and take my chances with promotion. When I graduated I applied to be a graduate entrant on the Avon and Somerset force. ![]() It’s not a job that I’d want to do, frankly. I went to a lot of trouble with the research and I think I give a pretty good idea of what it’s like on the front line of British policing. I think that Rough Justice is one of the best of the Spider Shepherd series. ![]()
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