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Lethal Force : My Life As the Met#s Most Controversial Marksman by Tony Long (2017, Uk-B Format Paperback)
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In 1985 he opened fire on a suspect to save a four-year-old girl whose mother had been stabbed to death by her assailant. Lethal Force by Tony Long. Title Lethal Force. Author Tony Long. Format Paperback.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherEbury Publishing
ISBN-101785033956
ISBN-139781785033957
eBay Product ID (ePID)234609685
Product Key Features
Book TitleLethal Force : My Life As the Met#S Most Controversial Marksman
Number of Pages368 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicLaw Enforcement
Publication Year2017
IllustratorYes
GenrePolitical Science, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorTony Long
FormatUk-B Format Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight9 Oz
Item Length7.7 in
Item Width5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2017-433719
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal363.232
SynopsisTop shot Tony Long is the most prolific police marksman Britain has ever seen. For 25 years, he operated in the Met's elite specialist firearms units and was at the forefront of SO19's fight against armed crime. Deployed on hundreds of dangerous operations, it was his duty to bring down terrorists, killers and hostage takers, sometimes with lethal force - and with only seconds to decide. Tony has been behind some of the UK's most controversial police shootings, but it was the death of suspected armed robber and drug dealer Azelle Rodney that brought his career to a devastating end. Tried for murder, Tony saw his life crumble around him... simply for doing his job. An intense read, Tony's story raises serious issues about the responsibility that falls on the shoulders of those who risk their lives, and take the lives of others, in our name., Tony Long was the best 'shot' the Met ever had. Under the codename 'Echo 7', he was 'licenced to kill' bringing down scores of targets, sometimes with deadly force. In 1985 he opened fire on a suspect to save a four-year-old girl whose mother had been stabbed to death by her assailant. Two years later he was involved in another high profile shooting while confronting three armed criminals. On both occasions Tony was commended by the Metropolitan Police Commissioner. But in the spring of 2005, coming face to face with suspected drug dealer and armed robber Azelle Rodney, a volley of point blank shots would bring his career crashing to an end, tarnish his reputation and leave him fighting a murder charge and possible life sentence. From life or death cases and botched operations to political fallouts, this book charts the controversial career from rookie seventies beat cop to Long's command of SO19 - the Met's most elite specialist firearms unit. Long's personal testimony and professional insight raises serious issues about the duties, pressures and responsibilities that fall on the shoulders of those we task to risk their lives, and take the lives of others, in our name.
LC Classification NumberHV8080
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