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The story starts with a terrorist bomb at Chelsea Barracks. Then the author takes us back to his first days as a trainee constable, learning the basics: Do the trainees know the legal definitions of the crimes that they will be faced with? Do they know whether there is a power of arrest? This is a fascinating story of the world of policing, which starts in the 1960s and jumps forward to the twenty-first century. Working in urban and rural parts of Hampshire, Richard Ramsay does his best to prove himself as a young constable. He soon finds that police work can be a place of high drama and that police officers can be pitched into situations of danger. There is plenty of humour, but horror and tragedy also make frequent appearances. Although Britain has a high crime rate, its police officers patrol the streets unarmed, something that usually surprises visitors from abroad. There is some historical perspective, with politics and social change in the background. After nearly six years in Hampshire, the author transferred to the Metropolitan Police, and in central London, he was destined to face a whole new series of challenges. This would include working in plain clothes combating street crime, facing major urban rioting, and keeping the capital safe from terrorists. Later, as an experienced inspector, he worked at Scotland Yard, carrying out projects aimed at improving policing methods in the Met. Towards the end of the book, there is some 'catching up' to be done when Richard Ramsay meets up with two of his classmates from the class of '64 and adds some of their experiences to the story. This is an accurate account of events through the eyes of someone who was there when things happened.

Richard Ramsay was working in a London bank when he decided to do something different. From his first day in the Hampshire Police as a new recruit, he realised that he had started doing a job that would be unlike anything that he had experienced before. This was a world where he and his fellow probationers would be continually tested and would need to prove themselves. It was also a place where they might face danger or high drama in the middle of a mundane, routine patrol. Horror, humour, and tragedy all made frequent appearances. The author describes the process of learning how the world of policing works, which he describes as a giant jigsaw puzzle. As time goes on, a picture emerges as the pieces of the jigsaw start fitting together. People seem to have an insatiable curiosity and interest in police fiction in written form, radio, television, and cinema. However, the author believes that, overall, the portrayal of police work in the media is not authentic. After six years in Hampshire, the writer transferred to London and spent the rest of his service in the Metropolitan Police. In central London he faced a whole new series of challenges, including plain-clothes work combating street crime, dealing with urban rioting, and keeping the capital safe from terrorists. Later, he spent four years at Scotland Yard, where he worked on a number of projects that examined policing methods and researched more effective ways of doing things. He retired from the police service in 1994. The author has a wife and two daughters and lives in the London area.