tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1826978379101995893.post2605382755006282409..comments2023-10-16T14:23:28.330+01:00Comments on Col Bury's New Crime Fiction: New eBook - THE COPS OF MANCHESTER...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17913040012695421077noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1826978379101995893.post-48038766730649070462013-06-14T17:48:53.615+01:002013-06-14T17:48:53.615+01:00Interesting take on the two sides, Les, and it'...Interesting take on the two sides, Les, and it's good to hear that. You do still get a begrudging respect these days too, but it's rare. Generally, it's us v them. One thing though, the 'professional' criminals are much better behaved in custody than the wannabe types. Fact. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17913040012695421077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1826978379101995893.post-39948006558482824722013-04-22T15:07:38.551+01:002013-04-22T15:07:38.551+01:00Great post, Col! It might be interesting to some o...Great post, Col! It might be interesting to some of your readers to know that when I was in the criminal life, like most of my compadres we respected cops highly. In fact, we used to hang out in the same places and some of us were friends with the "other side." Today, one of my best friends is a detective and he's old-school like me, and we remember the days when outlaws and cops both had codes of honor and while cops didn't respect what we did, very often they did respect how we handled ourselves when caught. It's hard to describe this--you kind of have to live it to really understand it. The difference between a cop and an outlaw, is that we got to choose when and where we plied our crimes, but the policeman has no choice. He or she simply has to respond. Those are folks with serious cojones.Les Edgertonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17997858985904932554noreply@blogger.com