{"id":4949,"date":"2019-12-09T11:54:22","date_gmt":"2019-12-09T11:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/sorted\/?p=4949"},"modified":"2021-02-17T14:14:15","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T14:14:15","slug":"keeping-the-peace-and-falling-to-pieces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/sorted\/keeping-the-peace-and-falling-to-pieces\/","title":{"rendered":"The thin blue line"},"content":{"rendered":"
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John Sutherland joined the Met in 1992, and rose quickly, through the ranks, to become a senior police officer. But in 2013, he suffered a major mental breakdown, and his career was effectively over. Since then, he has written a book on his experiences, Blue: Keeping the peace and falling to pieces, which became a Sunday Times bestseller and was reviewed in the last issue of Sorted. His second book, Crossing The Line will be out in May 2020.<\/p>\n

Why did you decide to become a policeman?<\/p>\n

I was about 16 when I decided that I wanted to become a police officer. Looking back now, I suppose that I was looking for adventure \u2013 wanting to be part of something that matters. If you were to ask most police officers why they joined, they would tell you, simply, they wanted to make a difference. That sounds about right to me.<\/p>\n

You were a successful police officer. What made you successful, and why do others struggle?<\/p>\n

It would be for others to say whether I was successful, but I certainly love...<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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