Good Cop, Bad War

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He may well be right as it's the only one I have read, but it is a deeply disturbing insight into the murky world of drugs in this country. Not only doesn't it work, it also ensures criminals make lots of money and the police have to devote a lot of their resources to enforcing the prohibition. It does suffer from the unavoidable flaw of being restricted to only one person's version of events, but that's not a serious shortcoming. I saw Neil Woods on some YouTube channels and heard some of the stories there so wanted to read his book for the extra detail and background. Indeed, there is no doubt that some of those involved in the drug trade are vicious bullies and would be whatever the case, after all a bully is a bully, no matter what walk of life he or she is found.

It starts off as a fairly standard cop memoir about "fighting the good fight" and putting some horrible gangsters away but gets really gripping when the scales start to fall from his eyes and he realizes that the better the cops get at their job, the better the gangsters get at theirs - by being even more violent and predatory.This book is a narrative of the development of Neil Woods' career as a cop in England and how his opinions were shaped by his experiences on the job. And 2) not only war becomes harder and you can't easily take down the real criminals, but also most vulnerable people loose more, because idiots should "show something in statistics". Importante: Si al activar la promoción, sólo se te da la opción de 30 días de prueba, entonces no podrás beneficiarte de la promoción de Prime. I think what won me over was his acceptance on responsibility of his actions and the impact that he had on the peoples lives he had affected and by extension his ability to self reflect and understand the futility of the war he'd been fighting internally as well as externally in his career and through this his desire to learn and evolve from his experiences.

Neil is a board member of the international organisation Law Enforcement Action Partnership (LEAP) in the USA, and Chair of the organisation in the U. HAT has an 80% success rate in weaning addicts off heroin, far higher than any other approach on record. Find a solution to the drug problem, rob the villains of their incomes, and one does more damage to organised crime than any number of convictions. Woods gives a telling description of the Manchester Police Force, where a special task force of 12 men is set up to investigate drugs (amongst a police force of about 11,000 men), as it cannot be guaranteed that amongst the general force there aren't several policemen or detectives being paid by drug dealers to leak them information.Best book I've read since Chasing The Scream by Johan Hari, ranging from terrifying to heart wrenching moments written about the UK drugs war.

On a personal level I understand the need to justify past behaviour, about which he is now sceptical, but this is less interesting for the reader. This is why Neil started to see legalisation as the only solution and would support a change in government policy on drugs. Gave it three stars difficult to gauge how much is true as police are not necessarily going to want to reveal secret tactics but interesting as to what goes on the streets. Exceptionally well written with a subject matter so many of us encounter or have a predisposed opinion of, without having actually experienced it first-hand, nor attempted to grasp an opinion outside that of usual public perception.

And this is coming from a guy who never did drugs (well, a little pot), but spent a lot of time living in the community. You will come away from the book feeling that in some sense big changes need to be made by governments if the fall out from dealing drugs and its effect on society is to be reduced. Addicts and users also risk becoming criminalised instead of getting the help and support they need to lead useful and productive lives. A painfully honest and touching memoir, this books is a must read for anyone even remotely concerned by the issues raised. He very much walked the walk, some of the things he experienced most people couldnt even imagine in theyre worst nightmares and he lived to tell the tale.