Tied to a six-part BBC1 television series, this book focuses on a corps of the Army which is not its most popular branch, and has evolved as a separate, self-reliant group, content that the man in the street knows very little about them. Now, opening their doors to the outside world, the Royal Military Police show who they are, how they operate, and how they compare with the civilian police force. The book follows the progress of selected cases from the time the duty room receives a call, through to the solving of the crime and the punishment of the soldier involved. It explores the "policing" side of their duties, as well as the detective work which is carried out by the Special Investigation Branch, often dealing with violent crimes such as assault, rape, murder and suicide. Readers learn of the RMP's investigations of white-collar fraud in the Army, their processing of allegations against the Army in Northern Ireland, and how they deal with life under fire and in the face of war atrocities.
- ISBN10 0752210831
- ISBN13 9780752210834
- Publish Date 24 June 1996 (first published 29 November 1995)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 15 March 2012
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Pan Macmillan
- Imprint Boxtree Ltd
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 128
- Language English