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Crossing the Line

Lessons from a Life on Duty

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Crossing the Line

By: John Sutherland
Narrated by: John Sutherland
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A Radio 4 Book of the Week.

There is much more to policing than tackling crime. Every one of us will need the help of an officer at some point in our lives, often when we're at our most vulnerable. Yet how much do we really know about the realities of policing? Using real life stories from his 25 years of service with the Metropolitan Police, John Sutherland invites us beyond the cordon tape to bear witness to all he has seen. In doing so, he offers a hopeful vision for how we can tackle some of the biggest challenges facing society today.

Includes a new afterword on policing during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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©2020 John Sutherland (P)2020 Orion Publishing Group Social Sciences True Crime Violence in Society Inspiring Thought-Provoking

Critic reviews

"A love letter to police officers and the most vulnerable people they protect and serve." (Christie Watson, author of The Language of Kindness)

"Extraordinary...urgent and compelling. We all have lessons to learn from this book." (Simon Mayo)
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An incredibly moving and compassionate look at the challenges facing modern policing and indeed, society as a whole. A must read.

The most important book you will read this year

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I have worked with the most vulnerable people in society for 25 years, and John Sutherland's words are enlightening and thought provoking. Fabulous.

Essential reading!

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Both insightful and thought provoking,
whilst it is told from the viewpoint of policing this isn’t a book just for police.
Its a book that everyone should read if they want to understand their fellow human a little more, and consider how if we all played the long game, looking at the causes not the results we might be able fix some of the ills of society

Brilliant !

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Absolutely loved this book. The narrator, author, made for very easy listening. An insight into the world of the thin blue line with more than a few jaw dropping bits of information.
Will now have to listen to his other books.

Nothing stops a bullet like a job.

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An inspiring and thought provoking read. Would that our national leaders should have such insight

Am excellent decision to have the author narrate

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