4/5 Blue Lamp Rating

After a day's Christmas celebrations in 1981 a quiet night duty in Kings Cross came to an end when I was 'ordered' by our Inspector to go to the local fire station to kidnap their Station Officer with a ransom note being left stating that his safe return would be on payment of a crate of beer. At the appropriate time the task was performed. Two...

4/5 Blue Lamp Rating

Some years ago, while serving as a detective with Thames Valley Police, a number of us were attached to an Incident Room following a murder. During the course of conducting house to house enquiries, a team of two detectives approached a country house. After opening the gate, and walking up a long and impressive driveway towards the dwelling, they...

2/5 Blue Lamp Rating

It was a very wet and windy night in November 1991 and I was the Night Shift Inspector with my section at Worthing. ...

4/5 Blue Lamp Rating

A little tale to tell about PSU overalls, be wary. I know of a chap on PSU duty at Old Trafford a few years ago, had 6 too many pints of mild with his Madras the night before and vesuvius was brewing in his colon. He got caught short (ish) and HAD to go, with a look of grey panic on his face and steely determination in his eyes, he sprinted from...