My Memoirs of the British South Africa Police, 1966–1981: … and a Colonial Upbringing in Northern Rhodesia

Throughout the author's life in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) his father was a member of the Northern Rhodesia Police and the author sets about recording various incidents in the life of a youngster growing up in the numerous towns and police stations at which his father served. The family moved to Southern Rhodesia in 1964. Finalizing his secondary schooling at Chaplin School, Gwelo, Rhodesia, in 1965, the author joined the British South Africa Police (BSAP) in March 1966 and elected to go into the district branch of the Force. The author traces his career from a young patrol officer, through the various ranks and district police stations on which he served, to his retirement in August 1981 as a superintendent, in what was then Zimbabwe. He highlights the typical lifestyle associated with a district 'copper', including anecdotes from the Bush War that was raging. Apart from the lighter side of the book- hitting an elephant at Makuti at 1 a.m. in a Mini Moke; realizing five minutes before presenting his men on parade to the Officer Commanding, at an annual inspection, that he had left his trousers at home; attending an internal disciplinary hearing as the accused for being drunk off duty where the presiding officer commented that the author's main defense witness appeared more drunk than the author and dismissed the case-there are some more serious chapters involving terrorist incidents, some of which are captured on an original station Incident Log which the author has included in the book.

• Special Branch War: Slaughter in the Rhodesian Bush. Southern Matabeleland, 1976-1980
• Bush Pig - District Cop: Service with the British South Africa Police in the Rhodesian Conflict 1965-79
• Hot and Cold: Memoirs Of A Rhodesian Sas Soldier
• As the Crow Flies: My Bushman Experience with 31 Battalion
• We Dared to Win: The SAS in Rhodesia
• Four Flags: The Odyssey of a Professional Soldier. Part 2: Rhodesian Security Forces 1979-80, South African Defense Force 1981-83
• Four Flags: The Odyssey of a Professional Soldier. Part 1: US Marine Corps Vietnam 1969-72, Israeli Defence Force 1975-77
• Secret SAS Missions in Africa: C Squadron’s Counter-Terrorist Operations 1968–1980
• Bandit Mentality: Hunting Insurgents in the Rhodesian Bush War. A Memoir
• Blue and Old Gold: The History of the British South Africa Police, 1889-1980