Scotland Yard's Flying Squad
by Dick Kirby
2021-01-11 14:16:31
Scotland Yard's Flying Squad
by Dick Kirby
2021-01-11 14:16:31
A history of the famed London police unit, by a former member and author who âknows how to bring his coppers to life on each pageâ (Joseph Wambaugh, New York Timesâbestselling author of The Onion Field). Since 1919, Scotland Yardâ...
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A history of the famed London police unit, by a former member and author who âknows how to bring his coppers to life on each pageâ (Joseph Wambaugh, New York Timesâbestselling author of The Onion Field). Since 1919, Scotland Yardâs Flying Squad has been in the forefront of the war against crime. From patrolling Londonâs streets in horse-drawn wagons, it has progressed to the use of the most sophisticated surveillance and crime-fighting equipment. The Squad targeted protection gangs who infested British racecourses and greyhound tracks, and later the highly effective Ghost Squad was formed to tackle black-marketeering in the aftermath of the Second World War. As crime soared in the 1950s and â60s the Flying Squad, or C8 Department as it was now known, became involved in the most serious cases nationwideâThe Great Train Robbery, the Brinkâs-Mat robbery, The Millennium Dome and Hatton Garden heists. Today the ruthless drug and people trafficking gangs that seek rich pickings in London and elsewhere are in their sights. Despite many high-profile successes, allegations of corruption have haunted the Flying Squad, and after the conviction of officers in 2001 there was a very real possibility of disbandment. Yet this most famous of police units survivedâand today continues to fight and be feared by the hardest of criminals. This book draws on firsthand accounts to tell the Flying Squadâs thrilling story, and includes a foreword by John OâConnor, a former commander. âA book that true crime aficionados will want to read.â âWashington Times
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