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A Policeman's Story

Paul Thompson

出版	Media Enterprises Limited, 2013
主題	Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs
ISBN	97682311819789768231185
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=3AXxoAEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋

"PAUL THOMPSON was the quintessential policeman, and his career spanned the modern development of The Bahamas from colonial times to the challenges of independence. Born in a small farming village in Trinidad, where he was raised by adoptive grandparents, Thompson was recruited for the Royal Bahamas Police Force in 1951 by Augustus Roberts, and the following year was posted to the Criminal Investigation Department, where he spent most of his career. His associates were officers like Reggie Dumont, Salathial Thompson, Keith Mason, Albert Miller, Courtney Strachan, Stanley Moir, Milan Gittens, Anthony Fields, Wenzel Granger, Louis Hemmings and Gerald Bartlett. In this fascinating account, Thompson describes episodes of his life as a police- man in The Bahamas - from celebrated crimes to internal police history. His hero was FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, and although he never met the Bureau's famous founder he did encounter several other FBI directors in the course of his career, and one senior FBI agent in particular - Robert Peloquin - helped him transition from police officer to security consultant in the 1980s. Competitive sports was also an important influence on his life and career. He trained with Ralph Legall, an outstanding West Indian sportsman, at the Woodbrook Youth Centre in Port of Spain, Trinidad. And Roy Armbrister was his sports mentor in The Bahamas. Thompson himself excelled in cricket, soccer, boxing, and table tennis. As Thompson puts it: "l came to The Bahamas a boy, and it was the Royal Bahamas Police Force that made me a man. This book is neither an autobiography nor a history. It is my recollection of 30 years well spent."--page 4 of cover.