Metropolitan Police Quote by Tessa Arlen

“Here am I, sweating my brains out to introduce a really sensational incident into your dull and disreputable little police investigation, and you refuse…

— Dorothy L. Sayers

“Not only my arrest but the others smack of the Haymarket. The police are very much in disrepute all over the country, and they…

— Emma Goldman

“The London criminal is certainly a dull fellow. Look out of this window, Watson. See how the figures loom up, are dimly seen, and…

— Arthur Conan Doyle

“There must be evidence somewhere, you know. I know you've all worked like beavers, but I'm going to work like a king beaver. and…

— Dorothy L. Sayers

“Snapping shut his mobile, Dalgliesh reflected that murder, a unique crime for which no reparation is ever possible, imposes it own compulsions as well…

— P.D. James

“Oh, good grief," said Vimes. "Look, it's quite simple, man. I was expected to go "At last, alcohol!", and chugalug the lot without thinking.…

— Terry Pratchett

“The cops watched me and the Georges and the other foreigners who worked the streets, and they knew exactly what we were doing. They…

— Gregory David Roberts

Gloucestershire police must be the envy of the human rights-abusing cop world. From Turkey to Indonesia they will say, 'Kidnapping peace protestors! How did…

— Mark Thomas

“You know what it's like when a cart overturns in the street? Everybody you meet has witnessed it. They saw a man's leg sliced…

— Hilary Mantel

“The policemen agreed they were living with a most peculiar fellow. One moment he was reading classical literature in the original French and quoting…

— Ben MacIntyre

“He did his best to explain this to Inspector Sloan afterwards. 'A funny feeling, sir.' 'Yes?' Funny feelings were not encouraged at Berebury Police…

— Catherine Aird

“You can see the people who thought they could come to London, bend over and pick gold off the streets. They’re all lying on…

— Garry Crystal