Into Disrepute: The Inventive Comic Opera of 1970's Policing

by Neil Mach

It is 1975 and a newly promoted sergeant has been assigned to collect “dirt” on a London police officer named “Ruff”. The Commissioner has pledged to free the force of “bad apples” and the inspector believes that Ruff is one of the bad guys. With cockney slang and authentic police jargon used from start to finish, this “duty statement” describes a period in London history when police wages were too low to live on, and officers were poorly equipped, inadequately supervised and badly trained. The Met Police faced a critical manpower shortage even though populations were expanding and crime was increasing. Women had yet to find equality within the service... but things were at a turning point. Will the new sergeant gather enough evidence to prove Ruff's conduct brings the Force into disrepute? *** Visit neilmach.com to get giveaways and FREE books ***

310 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 27, 2016

About the author

Neil is a poetic rock journalist with a passion for frothing hot flushes and fanciful frissons. An old head crammed with silly but wonderful ideas... And lots of idiotic concepts. He lives with blue cat Leo in a small bungalow on an island in the River Thames. He has two grown-up daughters, Tanna and Perdie.