The Coppers' Lot - Frontline Policing in the UK

-Policing is a uniquely dangerous, harrowing and challenging profession where officers are expected to do far more than prevent and detect crime. To be a police officer is also to be a social worker, marriage guidance counsellor, mental health worker and medic.-

Offering incredible true stories from the front line of policing, The Coppers'' Lot is a compelling insight into what it takes to be a police officer in Britain in the 21st century. The extraordinary experiences recounted include:

• The heroic officer who continued to put his life in grave danger as he pursued marauding terrorists wearing suicide vests, while they indiscriminatingly stabbed members of the public.
• The undercover officer who targeted organised crime groups and drug dealers.
• The courageous officer who regularly tackled knife crime head on, saving several lives.
• The intense feeling of elation when an officer discovered key evidence to convict a murdering