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Book SynopsisAdrian Bleese spent twelve 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.
Trade Review'Hugely entertaining and enlightening - brilliant!' - Catherine Larner, Suffolk Magazine, 'An engaging and enjoyable read, offering a perspective on policing unlike any other you will have come across before' - John Sutherland, author of Blue and Crossing the Line, 'Adrian Bleese writes with real immediacy and warmth. He exhibits the dry, black humour so often evident in personnel within the emergency services, while also displaying a real compassion for the people whose lives he is observing, whether he is protecting them or pursuing them' - More About Books, 'An interesting insight into a different world, its people and sometimes its politics’ - Flyer Magazine
