num_pages: 288
description:  A searingly honest memoir of life policing and falling apart 'Every contact leaves a trace'John Sutherland joined the Met in 1992 having dreamed of being a police officer since his teens. Rising quickly through the ranks and compelled by the opportunity to make a real difference to people's lives he worked across the capital experiencing first-hand the enormous satisfaction as well as the endless trauma that a life in blue can bring.There were remarkable career-defining moments: commanding armed sieges saving lives and helping to take dangerous people off the streets. But for every case with a happy ending there were others that ended in desperate sadness.In early 2013 John suffered a major breakdown and consequent battle with crippling depression. After a career spent racing to be the first at the scene of crimes and catastrophes he found himself in pieces unable to put one foot in front of the other.Blue is a memoir of crime and calamity of adventure and achievement of friendship and failure of laughter and loss of the best and the worst of humanity of serious illness and slow recovery. With searing honesty it offers an immensely moving and personal insight into what it is to be a police officer in Britain today.
language: English
title: Blue: A Memoir - Keeping the Peace and Falling to Pieces
publisher: W&N