Move Along Nothing To See Here

MOVE ALONG NOTHING TO SEE HERE - THE DEFINITIVE 50-YEAR INTERNATIONAL POLICE MEMOIR - AVAILABLE NOVEMBER 2026

Providing a first-hand, front row seat personal account in words and images,

'MOVE ALONG NOTHING TO SEE HERE'

delivers a rarely seen multi-layered insight into half a century of frontline policing and law enforcement support, both at home and abroad. From Glasgow Gangs, Hong Kong Triads, Intelligence Operations and Serious Crime Investigations, to the changing threat landscape of National Security & International Counter Terrorism, readers are taken on UK & UN Missions to tackle post-conflict Corruption, Modern Day Piracy and Returning ISIS Foreign Fighters. All covered in one book, and through the eyes of a single cop turned consultant and pro bono missing person investigator, readers are taken step by step through ...

East End to Far East, the Dark Side & Beyond

Complete book cover for Move Along Nothing to See Here, a career memoir by W.P. Anderson.

Book Cover: Move Along Nothing to See Here (East End to Far East the Dark Side and Beyond) by W.P. (Bill) Anderson - a new 50-Year Career Memoir

A wholly new look and authentic police memoir aimed at discerning readers seeking gritty realism, unique and first-hand accounts of true crime, police procedural, including the surprising, the bizarre and often humourous street cop stories delivered as first-hand descriptive accounts, a front row provides colour illustrations to complement fifty years of contemporary policing history.

But the beginning was not so certain, or well planned, making this a less than likely ending for the career of an 'Accidental Cop', let alone producing a book to capture it all

Memoir of an Accidental Cop, 1976 - 2026

Like most careers there were ups and downs, and from the outset, mine was a circuitous route to becoming a cop, given that it was never intended. It would be third time lucky just to receive an application response that actually said 'Yes'. Long-held dreams of a military flying career had quickly 'crashed and burned', before an application to Lothian & Borders Police produced a definitive 'No'. It would be divine intervention, when my girlfriend's minister father offered to write to a friend called David McNee (who just happened to be the Strathclyde Police Chief Constable). The rest is history, including the Chief being soon after knighted and becoming the Met Commissioner. I take no credit.

And so, to the book ...

When Covid lockdown produced idle hands, I finally got round to fulfilling my father's wish to have his WWII memoir manuscript published - 'Hunter to Hunted, Surviving Hitler's Wolf Packs' by Alex Anderson was published in 2023 by Publishing Push Ltd - see the website ... (https://www.huntertohunted.co.uk/).

Assisting me with editing and proofreading through fresh eyes, my sons recalled a single anecdote I'd told from my own career, and encouraged me to commit that to paper. This, of course, led to the unlocking of many other largely forgotten career memories, as names, faces and locations flickered back into life from the dusty recesses of my brain's hippocampus. But first, how it all began, aged 18 & 1/2 ...

New Job, New Home

Strathcyde Police Region Map

Strathclyde Police Divisions

The story continues ...

with book references and some extra photos and images ... click below for next pages ...

Strathclyde 1976-84

RHKP 1984-87

Strathclyde 1987-2010

NPIA/CoP 2010-18

UNODC 2012-22

Locate Int'l 2022-

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Disclaimer:

The content and images are intended to be informative and a contemporary history of one policing and related career over fifty years (1970s - 2020s). Both personal and gratefully-received images have been added to enhance the story and preserve the memory of people, places and buildings as none of these last forever. Some images are similar to those items being described and are used for illustrative purposes. Unknown image owners can inform via contact links provided, for image attribution or removal. Any notified errors will be gratefully corrected. No organisation endorsement is made or should be inferred from those named. All rights reserved.

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