George Barnsley traces 150 years of police service to Lanarkshire, providing a fitting tribute to all of the uniformed officers who swore an oath to protect their neighbours and their communities. George relates how crimes were solved in Lanarkshire and the surrounding areas from pre-WWI to the 1980s. Written from the perspective of an experienced officer, this collection of reports provides an important insight into crime and policing as it attempts to chronicle the violent attacks to which officers were subjected by aggressive suspects and detail how criminals used their wits to avoid arrest. Featuring crimes from robbery to murder and uncovering tales of criminal families and scorned lovers, the stories reinforce the important of community, which, time and again, comes together to help the police, then and now.