by JohnStevens (Author)
In this absorbing and controversial memoir, John Stevens records highlights of his meteoric career, from walking the beat as a constable on London's Tottenham Court Road during the 1960s to the summit of his profession as Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police. As a junior detective he achieved so many arrests he became known as 'Swifty Stevens'. As Deputy Chief Constable of Cambridgeshire he began the first of his three inquiries into collusion between the security forces and paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland. One of his most striking successes was in the car-crime capital of Europe - Newcastle - where he achieved the most spectacular reduction in crime ever known in Britain. In 2000, when he was appointed Commissioner, London's police force was in a poor way, understrength and weakened by low morale. Five years later, and despite political wranglings, his leadership had restored the force to its best-ever state.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 424
Edition: illustrated edition
Publisher: Phoenix
Published: 01 Jun 2006
ISBN 10: 0753820838
ISBN 13: 9780753820834
Book Overview: A Sunday Times hardback bestseller Paperback will be completed updated and a new chapter written about the shocking results of the Diana Inquiry, as well as material on the aftermath of the London bombings Hardback publication was greeted with a media frenzy - especially over the reveletions concerning David Blunkett. With new material for the paperback, we should expect more of the same 'Highly readable ... his experiences are recounted with passion, insight, candour and, where appropriate, humour' DAILY MAIL 'His energy and ambition shine through every page' SUNDAY TIMES 'An engaging and absorbing book' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH John Stevens will continue to promote and appear at festivals and signings
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