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'You go to work and you may be shot dead. You imagine being horribly maimed in a bomb blast. You come home and wonder if you'll be shot at the front door. You go to bed with a revolver on the bedside cabinet. At times you wonder if this is really part of the UK. This was the world inhabited by Richard Latham during his service with the Royal Ulster Constabulary by some to be one of the finest police forces in the world, its officers are looked upon by others as the evil storm-troopers of Unionism and the British Goverment. The RUC is now a force undergoing sweeping change in response to Republican demands, yet for 30 years it stood alongside the British Army in a war with Republicans that killed over 300 policemen and injured thousands more. For 14 years Latham, an Englishman, served as a police officer, both in England and in Ulster - before transferring from the English Special Branch to the RUC in 1991. Deadly Beat is his raw and hardhitting story, giving a unique insight into the grim reality of policing Ulster. He charts the dedication and restraint of officers who witnessed their colleagues die, yet were obliged to play within the rules of the law. Rules so loaded in favour of the killer that comparatively few were brought to justice.
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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A behind the scenes look at policing and living with Terror,
By tbshrsmth@aol.com (London) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Deadly Beat: Inside the Royal Ulster Constabulary (Paperback)
Richard Latham appears in this book as a ordinary young man who yearns for a little bit of excitement - and boy does he get it !The Book takes you through his joining of Sussex Police where his initial fears are that his posting ( Worthing ) will be dull and his first steps all the way to him joining Special Branch. The Story then takes you " Across the Water " to the author joining what was then the Royal Ulster Constabulary and the trials and tribulations he suffered as a Englishman without any firm sense of religon in a land where you are looked upon,as in some cases a oppressor and also where the concept of being a Atheist is just not a option. Mr Latham explains some of the more unpalatable truths of being a policeman and tells a exciting story full of Terror and also the problems the RUC had trying to deal with a Car Accident when every call could be a set-up. It tells of lying in wait with a rifle in a bush - Not the Dixon of dock green i remember ! The Author is clearly frustrated with the current political process and also the Criminal Justice system and it seems has now retired from the Police in disgust having returned to Sussex Police This Book is interesting in itself as a Biography but well worth a read for anyone interested in Policing as a whole or with a interest in the " Troubles"
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
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Brave and incredible people,
This review is from: Deadly Beat: Inside the Royal Ulster Constabulary (Hardcover)
Anyone who likes reading real life accounts of policing will not be able to put this book down until it is finished. Richard Latham tells it how it is, in his terminology 'warts and all', to be a police officer in Northern Ireland during the height of the troubles. No review can do this book justice, it literally has to be read to be believed. Anyone who reads it and does not at times feel tears in their eyes, or their fists clenching in anger, must not be human. When you put the book down, I guarantee you will know that the police officers of the RUC are brave and incredible people.
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Latham tells it how it is,
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This review is from: Deadly Beat: Inside the Royal Ulster Constabulary (Hardcover)
This is an excellent book. Latham was an RUC officer and tells the story of the heroism of this valliant force well.His account is factual and he does not try to dress it up. Not only does he highlight the great qualities of the RUC he also highlights some of their flaws. I would recommend thsi book to anyone who really wants to know what surving in the RUC was like during and after the troubles.
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