Behind the Badge The Untold Stories of South Africa's Police Service Members by Andrew Faull
Behind the Badge
The Untold Stories of South Africa's Police Service Members
by Andrew Faull
Softcover, ISBN 9781770220553
Publisher: Zebra Press-, 2010
Condition: Good - Very good. This book is in very good condition. The wraps have some very slight/limited signs of wear and a slight curl to the corners and the bookblock is slightly dusty. The book’s pages are clean, intact and the corners and spine remains undamaged. This book has been well maintained and looked after thus far.
-Every South African has a strong opinion on crime and policing, but most know very little about the lives and experiences of the average cop in the 185 000-strong South African Police Service. This book is composed of excerpts from interviews with current and former members of the service who, for the first time, share their personal experiences of life behind the badge. The book covers a wide range of themes, including reasons for signing up, training, policing under apartheid and transformation after 1994. It describes the experience of solving cases, using lethal force, being shot at and losing colleagues. Policemen and -women speak frankly about the psychological toll of police work and the impact on their family lives, and give startling insights into ethics, torture, corruption, sex and power. There is a mantra among police: ‘What happens on the shift stays on the shift.’ In Behind the Badge, members break through this wall of silence and reveal the hidden life of the police.
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The police have played a central role in South Africa's troubled past, are caught up in its crime-ridden present, and remain key to a more peaceful future. Despite this, most citizens know very little about the lives and experiences of the average cop in the 185,000-strong South African Police Service.
This title is composed of excerpts from interviews with twenty-eight current and former members of the service who, for the first time, share their personal experiences of life behind the badge. There is mantra among the police: 'What happens on the shift stays on the shift.'
In Behind the Badge, members talk openly about the experiences hidden behind this wall of silence.
The title covers a wide range of themes, including reasons for signing up; training; transformation from SAP to SAPS; the case; lethal force; torture; corruption; ethics; experiencing loss; work and home life; the emotional toll; humour; sex and power.
