Undercover Policing and the Corrupt Secret Society Within

Undercover Policing and the Corrupt Secret Society Within

Undercover Policing and the Corrupt Secret Society Within

Undercover Policing and the Corrupt Secret Society Within

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Overview

Garry Rogers played a key role in one of the UK’s most successful undercover policing operations, targeting the football hooliganism which blighted the domestic and international game. From Old Trafford to Turkey and Sweden to Sardinia, this working class lad turned undercover cop infiltrated some of the most notorious hooligan gangs at club and England level as part of Greater Manchester Police’s groundbreaking Omega Unit.

When the force extended its undercover policing operations to target serious and violent crime, it was Garry who gained the trust of armed robbers, drug dealers and a murderer securing the evidence to take them off the streets, often for many years.

But after five years at the cutting edge of covert operations, and with a new, inexperienced and ultimately corrupt officer in charge of the unit, Garry found himself dangerously exposed to violent criminals living just minutes from his family home. And when he turned to the force for support he was met with a wall of silence, accusations, and what one chief constable later described as a Masonic conspiracy that eventually pushed him out of the job after 28 years. Now he’s determined to tell his story – the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781526775399
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Publication date: 12/25/2020
Pages: 328
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Born and raised in Salford, Garry fulfilled his childhood dream of becoming a police officer, and graduated from the uniformed ranks into an elite undercover policing team. That dream turned sour when corruption and conspiracy within the force left him struggling to survive. This is his story.

Keith Potter is a journalist and writer who has more than 20 years’ experience working in the police and home affairs sector.

Table of Contents

Foreword vii

Chapter 1 From Humble Beginnings 1

Chapter 2 Time to Grow Up 10

Chapter 3 Surviving the Snake Pit 17

Chapter 4 In the Real World: On the Wrong End of a Rifle 22

Chapter 5 A Sad Christmas and a Lucky Escape 29

Chapter 6 Another Shock 36

Chapter 7 On Two and Four Wheels 39

Chapter 8 Going Undercover 47

Chapter 9 Supergrasses, CID and Exam Successes 55

Chapter 10 A Familiar Face Brings Another Move 60

Chapter 11 Omega and the Not-so-beautiful Game 64

Chapter 12 Expanding Omega: From Achilles to Miracle 76

Chapter 13 A New Partner, and Rough Justice 87

Chapter 14 The Home Front 95

Chapter 15 No Stripes, but a Superstitious Killer 99

Chapter 16 Don't Mention the Masons 103

Chapter 17 From Strength to Strength: Dorothy and Malmo 109

Chapter 18 Crocodile, Lion, and Reg Goes On to the Welfare 117

Chapter 19 Vixen, and the Rot Sets In 124

Chapter 20 In or Out? 131

Chapter 21 Operation Bluebell and the End of the Road 139

Chapter 22 Sick of It 152

Chapter 23 Taking Action from the Basement 162

Chapter 24 Due Process 174

Chapter 25 Stepping up the Fight 185

Chapter 26 Time to Go to the Top 195

Chapter 27 A Man of Letters 201

Chapter 28 Farewell Seddon, Hello Harrogate 210

Chapter 29 A Christmas to Remember 218

Chapter 30 Back to College, and Justice in the Courts 228

Chapter 31 A Revealing Report 238

Chapter 32 Can I Have That in Writing? 248

Chapter 33 The Doctor Will See You Now 258

Chapter 34 All Good Things … 266

Chapter 35 Thanks for the Memory Loss 277

Notes 292

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