Leroy’s journey

A riveting account of Leroy ‘s triumph and determination to make an impact and stay true to his ethics amid such adversity.

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Interesting Insight & Inspiring Life Story

This book gives a whistle stop tour through Leroy Logan’s career with the metropolitan police. He shares his motivations for joining, key moments and his insights into what good policing should be and the obstacles he had to overcome internally within the force.
The narration is a bit slow so I listened to it at a speed of x 1.2 and then it flowed much better.
Prior to listening to this book I was puzzled as to why any black person would want to join the police force. I now have a new respect for black officers and would no longer dissuade young people of colour from considering policing as a career. Leroy has helped to bring an understanding of why a diverse force is needed if policing is going to be effective. Thank you!

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Buy-the-book

Logan's account of the formation of the Black Police Association makes this a must read for anyone interested in the topic. It seems hard to conclude anything other than the attacks on the BPA and investigations into himself from within the Police Service had a racial bias to them. It seems that the idea of black police officers united scared a lot of people.

I did feel I got to know Logan through the book and I now see him as a dedicated, by-the-book police officer who seemed to have a real belief in the role that the police have to pay. However of-course when I say 'the role police have to play' most people would think that means catching bad guys but that never seems to be Logan's bag, Logan is much more focused on the causes of crime and the preventative role the police can play which makes this autobiography different from typical police war stories.

In the book he takes a couple of tame swipes at the current Mayor and Commissioner, Sadiq and Cressida, these may be fun but this is not a tell-all, soul-bearing read. As shown in the unemotional way he glides over telling us his wife left him, it is hard to warm to Logan. Somehow Logan conveys a sense of a lack of real struggle, Logan never cries, never does something wrong, never doubts himself, never needs his job to pay the rent. Also the flat narration does nothing to assist in bringing life to his words, maybe this is a better book to read in-print.

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