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Trying to be too smart, I climbed like Tarzan only to fall heavily on to the steps of the church. The pain was immediate and severe. I realised I had broken a bone and, of course, I knew the reception I would get at home. It also reinforced in my young mind that religion and I were to be uneasy bedfellows for life. Once home from the hospital, complete with my sling, I had to be left during the day on my own as my mother was now working at the Southern General Hospital. I was duly warned about opening doors to strangers and behaving myself and Rosie Scanlon across the landing was usually on hand if needed.

I saw the best and worst that people could do to one another while attempting to resolve differences and solve crimes. I closed my police career as Director General of the Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency, which gave me the opportunity to tackle criminals who seek to control organised crime in our country. This job provided my biggest challenges and also some of the darkest moments of my career. This book is a frank account of the highs and lows of my experiences. I hope that it will inspire youngsters to become police officers and others to wonder whether they should perhaps have joined the service.

I hadn’t understood that in so doing I was up on my tiptoes and by the time I realised that I was seeing nothing of great interest (and in any case I was a bit frightened of heights) I no longer had the strength in my feet to ease up high enough to extract my face from the broken window and return to the room. To this day I remember the fear of hanging there, my body supported by a broken window held in place by a rotten window frame. I had lost my balance, the glass was digging into my neck and the window frame was the only thing supporting my body and stopping me from falling into the back court.

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