The author writes about his experiences as a police reservist, taking the reader into the day-to-day life of a policeman on the beat. It covers car chases, accident scenes, hijackings, gangsterism, prostitution, drug busts, firefighting and other dramas that policemen and women deal with. Shifting between tragedy and humour, this book gives personal insight into a perilous and sometimes shocking world that affects us all, but one that is normally accessed only through statistics and news reports.