An Inspector Recalls: Memoirs of a Railway Detective
Born in inner-city Birmingham, from an ‘impeccable working class pedigree’, Graham Satchwell was diagnosed with a serious illness at age 7 – a condition which should have barred his entry to the police force. Forty-two years later, he was Britain’s senior-most railway detective. In a career that encompassed every CID rank and involved some of the country’s toughest gangsters, petty thieves, bomb threats, terrorism, the odd politician and even the Queen, Graham Satchwell has seen it all.Infused with humour and genuine down-to-earth wisdom, An Inspector Recalls is a frank and intimate account of a life spent on the frontier between crime and punishment that recalls the gangsters, politics and often-questionable police culture of the 1970s, ’80s and ’90s.
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An Inspector Recalls: Memoirs of a Railway Detective
Born in inner-city Birmingham, from an ‘impeccable working class pedigree’, Graham Satchwell was diagnosed with a serious illness at age 7 – a condition which should have barred his entry to the police force. Forty-two years later, he was Britain’s senior-most railway detective. In a career that encompassed every CID rank and involved some of the country’s toughest gangsters, petty thieves, bomb threats, terrorism, the odd politician and even the Queen, Graham Satchwell has seen it all.Infused with humour and genuine down-to-earth wisdom, An Inspector Recalls is a frank and intimate account of a life spent on the frontier between crime and punishment that recalls the gangsters, politics and often-questionable police culture of the 1970s, ’80s and ’90s.
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An Inspector Recalls: Memoirs of a Railway Detective

An Inspector Recalls: Memoirs of a Railway Detective

by Graham Satchwell
An Inspector Recalls: Memoirs of a Railway Detective

An Inspector Recalls: Memoirs of a Railway Detective

by Graham Satchwell

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Overview

Born in inner-city Birmingham, from an ‘impeccable working class pedigree’, Graham Satchwell was diagnosed with a serious illness at age 7 – a condition which should have barred his entry to the police force. Forty-two years later, he was Britain’s senior-most railway detective. In a career that encompassed every CID rank and involved some of the country’s toughest gangsters, petty thieves, bomb threats, terrorism, the odd politician and even the Queen, Graham Satchwell has seen it all.Infused with humour and genuine down-to-earth wisdom, An Inspector Recalls is a frank and intimate account of a life spent on the frontier between crime and punishment that recalls the gangsters, politics and often-questionable police culture of the 1970s, ’80s and ’90s.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780750966405
Publisher: The History Press
Publication date: 04/01/2016
Pages: 256
Product dimensions: 6.40(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

GRAHAM SATCHWELL is a former detective superintendent, British Transport Police (1968–99). He received official commendations for detective work from HM judges, chief constables, the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Lord Lieutenant of London.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 7

Introduction 9

1 From Nappies to Football Boots 13

2 Joining the Force 27

3 Transferred to CID 57

4 Promoted to Sergeant 65

5 Temporary Inspector 85

6 Detective Sergeant 99

7 Divisional Inspector 107

8 Detective Inspector 121

9 Transferred to Force HQ CID 131

10 The Police Staff College 151

11 Temporary Chief Inspector 161

12 A Policeman at University 167

13 Back to Inspector 173

14 Chief Inspector 187

15 Police Staff College - Director of Studies 197

16 Detective Superintendent 211

17 Onward and Upward or Over and Out? 245

Epilogue 253

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