Blue Code Broken: A Cop's Reckoning

ISBN-13: 9783565134182 / Angielski / Miękka / 244 str.

Caleb Prescott

Opis

The first death threat came from inside his own station. The anonymous note was slipped into his locker after he reported a colleague's racist assault on a detainee. That was the moment he understood: the institution sworn to protect the public would rather protect itself.This is the unflinching memoir of a British police officer who chose integrity over loyalty, truth over silence, and public safety over institutional reputation. Through meticulous documentation and courageous testimony, he exposed patterns of misconduct that went far beyond isolated "bad apples"-systemic racism, misogyny within the ranks, evidence tampering, and the alarming infiltration of far-right extremist ideology into uniformed positions of power.But this narrative isn't just about institutional failure; it's about personal devastation. The narrator chronicles the professional isolation that began with subtle exclusion from briefings and escalated to being left without backup during dangerous calls. He documents the psychological warfare: anonymous threats, smear campaigns questioning his mental fitness, investigations into his own conduct while his reports were buried, and the crushing realization that his career was over the moment he spoke up.The personal cost extended beyond the job. Relationships fractured under pressure. Financial stability collapsed during prolonged suspension. The trauma of betrayal by colleagues he'd trusted with his life manifested as hypervigilance, anxiety, and the peculiar guilt of surviving a system designed to destroy those who challenge it. Yet through legal battles, media exposure, and support from unexpected allies-including other whistleblowers and community activists-he discovered that breaking the blue code, while costly, was the only way to remain human.

The day I reported him, I became the problem. Not the assault. Not the racism. My refusal to look away-that was the real crime.