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Above the Law

By: Adrian Bleese
Narrated by: Adrian Bleese
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Adventures in a helicopter

Adrian Bleese spent 12 years flying on police helicopters, and attended almost 3,000 incidents, as one of only a handful of civilian air observers working anywhere in the world.

In Above the Law, he recounts the most intriguing, challenging, amusing, and downright baffling episodes in his career working for Suffolk Constabulary and the National Police Air Service. Rescuing lost walkers, chasing cars down narrow country lanes, searching for a rural cannabis factory, and disrupting an illegal forest rave…they’re all in a day’s work.

It’s a side of policing that most of us never see, and he describes it with real compassion as he lives his dream job, indulging his love of flying, the English landscape, and helping people. Perhaps more than anything, it’s a story about hope.

©2021 Adrian Bleese (P)2022 Adrian Bleese Engineering Aviation Witty Funny Thought-Provoking

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10000% loved this book.
adrian is an amazing writter that is able to keep an audiance captivated.
he has the amazing skill fo constantly keep a story funny, serious and entertaining all at the same time.

BY FAR THE BEST AUDIO BOOK EVER!!!

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Very unusual to find an autobiography that's read by the author and done well. Fun book and I like the dry wit.

Too short.

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i must have browsed hundreds of synopses before choosing this book to read. my gut feeling reading the reviews were spot on. ideal christmas gift for someone into history, geography, aviation, crime, etc. how many books have this diversity? the author as narrator works very well too.

highly ìnformative, very entertaining

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loved it and would listen again. it has me tears in my eyes with laughter and also made you realise the ups and downs of a obser in a helicopter.

Very good listen.

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Adrian's dry, witty style and raconteur approach make this a nice book to learn more about the life of a police helicopter crew in the "old days" when the choppers were powered by petrol and "copper's instinct" and not accountants with slide rules. Don't buy this looking for a "Blue Thunder" experience but you'll grin when you listen to the anecdotes.

A fun listen if you like police things

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