Clearly, it is very difficult to tell what kind of Police we will be in August 2008. Will we be Intelligence Lead? Will we still be Citizen Focused? Will we still care about Detected Crime Rates? Did we ever?
Here is a plan. I’ll take the piss out of all of it.
To anyone who thinks:
“Here is another shameless plan to fund Gadget’s enormous appetite for Doughnuts and coffee”
I would simply say this:
“Correct. Doughnuts are expensive and the bakery deserves to be paid like everyone else”
However; I will try and expose the most appalling sham of the last 10 years in the process (except for Education, the NHS, the Prisons, the Railways, the Water Companies and the two Wars). Actually, it’s probably NOT the most appalling sham in the last 10 years having looked again at that list, but it is the one I know most about!
One of the things I want from this book is for Gadget fans to be able to have something to carry around and dip into every now and again. I know it’s a pain to have to “log on” all the time to see what madness is going on in Ruralshire.
To the Chief Constable of Ruralshire Constabulary I would simply like to say this:
“Please don’t fire me”.
“Perverting The Course Of Justice” will sell a lot of copies. Debbie has a large family!
Congratulations should be a good read if this blog is anything to go by. Name and Shame….
I sincerely doubt you will be Intelligence Lead and I don’t think you would recognise a citizen if they bit you on the arse – but never mind -bless!! x
Congratulations – I am looking forward to it!
I found your blog a few weeks ago and have enjoyed it very much, although it is a bit depressing
I have just finished Copperfield’s and Mr Chalk’s so I will pre-order with much anticipation.
Nice to see it coming out Gadget. DC’s and Bloggsies book are essential reading. I’m a wannabe and I’ve read their books, and talked endlessly to the PC’s in my family, but it certainly will be interesting to read things from a Guv’s perspective.
Good for you, can’t wait to read it!
I’ll be keeping a watchful eye on Amazon. Do you think you’ll get in bother for it boss?
Look forward to it Gov.
We do badly need some humour in this job !
Gadget..cant wait for the book..that wonky table needs your book desperately
another one to add to my growing bookshelf, keeps us posted on the pre-orders online, much easier that way, best of luck with it!!
Can we expect to see you at a book signing in the Market Town branch of Waterstones; if so, how will we know if it’s the real you?
Looking forward to it, I can only hope that the fact an Inspector has now written about the dire state of the UK police service someone somewhere will take notice.
However, as a 5 year cynic, I suspect not. Still, should be a good read. Cheers Boss.
Congratulations – we members of the public will be looking forward to reading it too!
‘9 @ uphilldowndale’, excellent
Can’t wait to read your book IG.
On another subject shame about Labour losing all those seats, do you think people are taken note of these blogs and what really is going on in the big wide world.
IG, what a brilliant title for the book.
Can’t wait to hear what McNumpty and the “honourable members” call this. Do you think you’ll be compared to Dickens too?
Uphilldowndale @ 9
Gadget will be the one with the ‘cock duster’ moustache.
Congrats Gadget. Long live the revolution.
Ooh, great cover. Looks a little bit like the Queen possessed.
I will clear a space on my bookshelf.
Did someone mention the Queen?
IG – Just pre ordered your book..
As a fellow inspector with 2 years to go, I hope you appreciate that has cost me 0.008% of my commutation!
Suggest you buy loads of lottery tickets with your profits..Im told you cant loose.
Go! Go! Gadget! Well done.
As for your faithful troll ‘Kate’? What planet is she on?
Those Krispy Kreme (I hate writing it nearly as much as saying it!) “Double Dozens” cost a packet don’t they?!
P.S. Pre-ordered the book so that’s at least 2 copies with Debbie’s. It had better be good!
Nice one boss, Can’t wait for this one!
Ooooh you’ve done it now boss!
Those Kent rubberheelers are going to be all over you like a rather ineffective but serious looking rash.
Be afwaid, be vewy afwaid….
Guv,
Very excited about your forthcoming book… next stop Amazon to preorder!
Disgruntled
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I like the title but Sussex won’t! Stand by for point duty on Brighton seafront Guv!
19 Ranter – I MAY be a “he” and there is only one l in faithful –
Another pre-ordered!
The book sounds a lot like what I and many others have been saying for years!
What next? Chief-Inspector or dare I say ACPO will put their head up in a blog to say how it really is? Now there’s a challenge.
PC Bloggs
This is probably not the eventual cover we will use, it’s a kind of temporary cover.
DON’T CHANGE THE COVER!
Looks great as it is. Very eye catching. Will pre order when husband in bed so it goes on his account!
I hope it makes you so bloody rich that it doesn’t matter if you land in the cacky.
Well done you!
well look at you going all Lah-de-dah literate on us
Good for you Guvnor!
Darn, I’ve just re-painted the room containing my bookcase to match!
Cant wait to read the book!!!
Have to agree with bloggsy, the cover looks great and could not be more suitable.
You guys have some catching up to do!
…. and there was I thinking Kate was just being wittily sarcastic.
Can’t we get a pre-printing printing??
Noddy @ 33…… There is money and doughnuts to be made in the merchandising of ‘Gadget’ the brand; but what I want to know is, have the film rights been snapped up,who’s been cast in the staring role and will it be shot on location?
Gadget,
Looking forward to this for my more internettophobe colleagues, particularly those who are hot on law and disorder.
Here’s hoping that it generates more than enough coffee and doughnuts for the Ruralshire wide Gadget family, the odd relative in MetroCity and Kibble Chops propensity for raw rabbit and squirrel as well!
Sadly I fear that the film rights may already have been nobbled
I look forward to reading it.
Like the cover!
Police Intelligence, isn’t that a bit of an Oxymoron IG?
I look forward to reading it, Bloggs’s and Copperfields were a good read and from reading your blog over the last year yours should be too.
By good i mean fairly depressing at the state of things ofc
#31 hahahaha – that made me laugh out loud.
#36 re the merchandising, will there be Inspector Gadget dolls?
I really hate doughnuts, which confirms I wasn’t called to be in the polis…
” Actually, it’s probably NOT the most appalling sham in the last 10 years having looked again at that list, but it is the one I know most about!”
Boss, as Vimes says in Discworld, we can only do our best to deal with the situation we face. Leave all that other stuff to other people and just do what you do best. It’s what we mops need.
BTW don’t forget to tell us when the book comes out.
Hope it doesn’t get proof read by the CPS. They’ll bounce it back to you asking for loads of chapters and background information in triplicate that they’ll never need……………………………………..
Looks great! Will be pre-ordering shortly!
Yippeee!
Congratulations Gadget!
In my current (legal
) drugged up state, I thought it was out now then and got very excited, oh well it’s still fair awesome, another one to add to my growing collection of police/medical blog books 
should be amazing.
Having preordered your book for £9.99 the company have now lowered the prices to £7.99 and refunded me £2..? Is this a clever marketing device or the equivalant of going “straight to DVD”?
Amy
It’s due to the new cut price of Doughnuts – the price at the bakery comes down….. so does the book price.
Truth is…….. I don’t know. But you can email Dan Collins and ask him on Monday Books website.
Thanks for the comment.
Glad to hear that the book is on its way, but really, Inspector… Its not that bad here and we really would be happy to have you…
Amy
It was a question of format really, rather than price.
We had three options – hardback, trade paperback (same size as a hardback, only with soft covers) and B format – mass market paperback, the same as Copperfield’s and Bloggsy’s books.
It’s not cast in stone, but it’s fairly true to say that the format you choose dictates the price on the back of the book. Thus, hardbacks tend to be between £15.99 and £18.99, trade ppbks are usually £9.99 to £12.99 and B Format books usually £7.99 (sometimes £6.99 if they are ppbk versions of older books).
Initially, we were thinking of trade ppbk – hence the original selling price of £9.99.
But we thought it over and decided the book might have quite wide appeal and that it was better done as a B format. Hence the price change.
Hope this helps.
Dan Collins
Monday Books
Dan #49. Thanks for reply…and we thought NCRS crime reporting was difficult.
Hopefully the thickness of the cover will sort out my wobbly table after all. xx
Hum. Which other war has there been in the last ten years? One certain set of shenanigans in Iraq…. what was the other one? My head hurts……….
Kosovo, Sierra Leone and Afganistan.