Dark Side

The most controversial cop in Australian history, in his own words. Roger Rogerson hasn't been a police officer for more than 20 years. Yet his name makes him, the most well-known 'detective-sergeant' in Australia. He has been the subject of articles, appearances, profiles and books; portrayed in TV dramas; and recorded by covert listening devices at home for months. Rogerson took up his own pen in prison. Out, he walked the club and pub speaking circuit, where he found a ready audience for his tales of law and mayhem. He now writes for newspapers. Here, he tells us of:- high profile investigations;- forgotten ones, like when a key from Tassie opened a Sydney murderer's door;- some of the most interesting dead people he's ever met;- the hunt for desperados on a deadly robbing spree;- the bloody night that earned him the award for courageous action;- meeting a prominent toe cutter;- besieging the comic Wally and the dangerous Green Man;- the dogs in a prison he sojourned in;- bad days in a flattened railcarriage at Granville...and more... These untold tales are the ones everyone else has glossed over or ignored, from the horse's mouth, for the first time.