Customer Reviews
I never found it hilarious or shocking - By: Prime-Buyer, 20 Nov 2008 
I have given this a one star review as anything else would not have been correctly reflected among the previous reviews.
This book contains alot of hypocrisy. For example berating defence solictors for defending their clients against charges laid - whilst admitting that because of government targets alot of people are being charged with offences that once upon a time they would not have been.
It is rather like saying - we actin a way that is morally corrupt - but no one else can.
... awesome - By: Michael Brown, 25 Oct 2008 
As a front-line response inspector, like Mr GADGET, I read this book & both laughed & cried with equal measure, finishing it the day I bought it. I then immediately gave it to my Dad to let him read of my world & have already bought six copies for Christmas presents for other family / friends.
GADGET's insights sum up all that it has been my privilege to witnessin over 10 years of operational policing at the sharp end & that this man does my specific job made it all the more engaging.
This is spot-on-the-money, intelligent, sufficiently angry, no-ranting exactitude. Your police force does not do what you think it does & does not fail you for the reasons you think: here's why.
Must read! For anyone even remotely intrested in the Police! - By: N. ross, 22 Oct 2008 This is a great book! which to be honest is on one of those must read books for anyone who either has anything to do with or an intrestin the Police service!
Depressing but entertaining - yes, an odd combination, but true - By: Paul, 16 Oct 2008 I've never had any negative contact with the Police, or with the world describedin the book. I don't (or didn't) think of myself as sheltered, but perhaps I should consider myself lucky?
This book, & the two other sources I've read recently (Diary of an On-call Girl: True Stories from the Front Line & the blog from which Wasting Police Time: The Crazy World of the War on Crime was developed), have been been eye opening & very entertaining.
Blogg's & Gadget's books complement each other well; the jobs of a response constable & response inspector give different views of a very similar sounding reality - I recommend them both. From what I've seen of Copperfield's blog I suspect that his book is also well worth a read.
Enjoyable (if somewhat disturbing) material. The humanity of the police staff shines through (without sounding like there're rose tinted spectacles involved), sadly the same can't be claimed of some of their 'customers'.
And all this costs the taxpayer £11 BILLION every year! - By: Emteq, 12 Oct 2008 Pretty much confirms what everyone suspects, the criminal underclass have nothing to fear from our criminal justice system. It's quite clear that we need 250,000 prison places ASAP & a lot more Inspector Gadgets who know the wrong 'uns to bang-up for some serious porridge. It'll never happen of course.
