A solid, 'Insider View', of the reform process for policing in Northern Ireland and the transformation of the Royal Ulster Constabulary into the new Police Service of Northern Ireland. The author was not only a member of the RUC Development Group enabling the changes to take place but also had UK wide experience as a Tutor at the National Police Training College at Bramshill as well as being a member of the Inspectorate Staff at the Home Office's Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary.
However the true value of the work is provided by the author's own experiences and background coming from the 'Nationalist' community in Northern Ireland and being one of only 3% of the 13,000 officers serving in the RUC during the conflict in the 1980's and 1990's. His poignant, critical and sometimes painful observations serve as a backdrop to the evolution of policing in a key area of the western world in the face of full attention from the world's media following on from President Clinton's peace initiatives and efforts of the UK, the Republic of Ireland and the European Union, to create lasting and sustainable policing arrangements for the province.