My Memoirs of the British South Africa Police, 1966–1981

My Memoirs of the British South Africa Police from 1966 to 1981 and a Colonial Upbringing in Northern Rhodesia.
Shaw, John
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Title: My Memoirs of the British South Africa Police, 1966–1981
Subtitle: And a Colonial Upbringing in Northern Rhodesia.
Author: John Shaw
Genre: War memoires
Publisher: 30 Degrees South Publishers (Pty) Ltd. and Helion Company Ltd.
Pinetown, South Africa and West Midlands, England 2015
ISBN 9781910294987 / ISBN 978-1-910294-98-7 United Kingdom
ISBN 9781928211716 / ISBN 978-1-928211-71-6 South Africa
Softcover, 15 x 23 cm, 256 pages, numerous b/w photos, 1 map

About: My Memoirs of the British South Africa Police, 1966–1981

Throughout John Shaw's life in Northern Rhodesia, which now is Zambia, his father was a member of the Northern Rhodesia Police and the author sets about recording various incidents in the life of a youngster growing up in the numerous towns and police stations at which his father served. The family moved to Southern Rhodesia in 1964. Finalizing his secondary schooling at Chaplin School, Gwelo, Rhodesia, in 1965, John Shaw joined the British South Africa Police (BSAP) in March 1966 and elected to go into the district branch of the Force. The author traces his career from a young patrol officer, through the various ranks and district police stations on which he served, to his retirement in August 1981 as a superintendent, in what was then Zimbabwe.

He highlights the typical lifestyle associated with a district 'copper', including anecdotes from the Bush War that was raging. Apart from the lighter side of the book, hitting an elephant at Makuti at 1 a.m. in a Mini Moke; realizing five minutes before presenting his men on parade to the Officer Commanding, at an annual inspection, that he had left his trousers at home; attending an internal disciplinary hearing as the accused for being drunk off duty where the presiding officer commented that the author's main defense witness appeared more drunk than the author and dismissed the case, there are some more serious chapters involving terrorist incidents, some of which are captured on an original station Incident Log which John Shaw has included in My Memoirs of the British South Africa Police, 1966–1981.

Content: My Memoirs of the British South Africa Police, 1966–1981

Part One: A Colonial Upbringing, Northern Rhodesia, 1947-1964
Preface
Northern Rhodesia
In the beginning
My childhood
Overseas trips
Chingola
Mufulira
Saint Francis College, Kitwe
Luanshya
Lusaka
Broken Hill
Saint Francis College—my latter years
My parents
Part Two: Memoirs of the British South Africa Police, Rhodesia, 1966-1981
Preface
Deciding on a career
The Force of the Great Tradition
A recruit in the BSAP
Salisbury Central
Chirundu
Umvukwes
Overseas trip
Back home
Bindura
Beatrice
Gwelo Camps
Nkai
Umtali
Odzi
Sinoia
Settling in Johannesburg

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