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• 1985 – Chief Constable Geoffrey Dear (Lord Dear) 162-164
• Autumn 1985 – The CID beckons 164-167

INTERMISSION – SERIOUS AND ORGANISED CRIME

• Overview 168-170
• The Great Train Robbery 1963 170-187
• The Krays – A law unto themselves 188-202

Act Three 1985 – 1989 The CID Years

• October 1985 – CID Aide 204
• Erdington – The weird & wonderful patch 205-206
• Early days – Meeting the team 207-211
• Early days – Life of the CID aide 211-212

• Popeye the Christmas burglar 213-214
• January 1986 – Police & Criminal Evidence Act 215
• March 1986 – ‘Ginger’ – My first informant 215-216
• April 1986 – Local Crime Squad 216-219
• August 1986 – Detective status 220
• The serious stuff begins 221-222
• My first night shift as a Detective 223-225
• Ginger the informant comes good 225-227

• Organised car theft – The stolen car gang 227-228
• January 1987 – Detective Training School 228-231
• My course project – B’ham 6 Guilty or Innocent? 231-258
• It’s official – Detective by title and qualification 259-261
• March 1987 – back into the maelstrom 262
• Murder and blagging 262-264

• Prison visits, crime statistics, Ginger, Popeye & Jolly 265-276
• Summer 1987 - Charity Bike Ride in France 276-281
• Giant haystacks lookalike attempt murder and rape 281-284
• A paedophile meets justice 284-286
• Historic first use of DNA to convict a murderer 287-290
• Promotion Board Politics 290-292
• January 1988 – The Brace n Bit Burglar 293-294
• The Legend of The White Rabbit 294-298

• Déjà vu – Decision time 299-301
• Once a Copper always a copper 302
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