but the actual experience of the children's home in the person who brought me up, margaret hurst, who boundaries... i guess what i'm asking is a very simple question in the end, which is, reflecting on a long career in the police force, and reflecting on the links between criminality and environments, are you now a man who believes that those who choose to indulge in criminality are driven more by nature or nurture? well, i think i was a product of my upbringing, really. and the fact i was brought up by somebody who was very loving, said very clear boundaries for me, tell me the difference between right and wrong, and i had positive dealings, clearly, with the police, and the police officers in my life were role models and were very positive individuals. i think men, particularly young men, need — you need good, strong male role models. my experience was a good one. and i loved the policing. i didn't like the racism. and i wouldn't have done anything else. and i'm glad that i ignored all those people, including friends, teachers, and my mother, my natural mother and father, who i didn

the story in my story is born of experience in that, yes, i was brought up by somebody called margaret hurstrought up by somebody called margaret hur5t and the book is dedicated to her. she is white. she was effectively a role model to meet. she was quite encouraging about mejoining meet. she was quite encouraging about me joining the meet. she was quite encouraging about mejoining the police. if meet. she was quite encouraging about me joining the police. if that was something i was passionate, her view was, her view was i should go ahead and join the police regardless of what other people said. and follow my passion. i'm glad i did. that you can imagine that many other people were concerned that i might experience raci5m. people were concerned that i might experience racism. and let's go back to that police line in 1981. where you are staring at the rioters. they we re you are staring at the rioters. they were not just black you are staring at the rioters. they were notjust black rioter5 but there were a lot of young black men involved in the brixton riots. they shouted at you. some cool c