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Article: Mike puts a modern spin on tales from the force
- Article from:
- The Northern Echo
- Article date:
- April 20, 2007
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A FORMER police officer has given policing tales a modern twist
with a book about his career.Mike Pannett based his book on the two
decades he spent pounding the beat in England's largest county, and
has now secured a publishing deal.He has based the tales in the book
on the events he came across as he patrolled North Yorkshire.He said:
"I am marketing it as a 21st Century Heartbeat."I have got 20 years
of police experience and I have met so many strange and wonderful
characters and seen some horrific sights."I have been able to draw on
that for my books to provide a humorous and, at times, serious,
book."The 43-year-old is following in a family tradition because his
wife, Ann, is related ...