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1 online resource : illustrations |
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| Summary |
Now in his 60s, a former international executive with Microsoft Corporation and GlaxoSmithKline, Graham Satchwell, looks back on his time as a Transport Policeman across an impressive career. The book follows his progress from the time, in 1968, when, aged 18, as an unqualified laborer, he cheated to pass the police entrance exam. With extensive use of anecdotes his promotions to every rank within the CID are described with wit and brutal honesty. He became a sergeant at 21, an instructor at 24, and detective sergeant at 27. The account ends, after 31 years, at the end of the last century, when as a lawyer and Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, he was actually refused permission to retire from the Force. This is full of dollops of humor, painful truth, and a vivid description of the macho policing culture of the time. |
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Title; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Contents; Introduction; 1 From Nappies to Football Boots; 2 Joining the Force; 3 Transferred to CID; 4 Promoted to Sergeant; 5 Temporary Inspector; 6 Detective Sergeant; 7 Divisional Inspector; 8 Detective Inspector; 9 Transferred to Force HQ CID; 10 The Police Staff College; 11 Temporary Chief Inspector; 12 A Policeman at University; 13 Back to Inspector; 14 Chief Inspector; 15 Police Staff College -- Director of Studies; 16 Detective Superintendent; 17 Onward and Upward or Over and Out?; Epilogue; Copyright. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Satchwell, Graham -- Career in railroad police.
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Railroad police -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Railroad police. |
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Great Britain. |
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Biographies.
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Autobiographies.
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Autobiographies.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Satchwell, Graham. Inspector recalls. Stroud : The History Press, 2016 9780750966405 (OCoLC)958125297 |
| ISBN |
0750968346 (electronic book) |
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9780750968348 (electronic book) |
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0750966408 |
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