Ex-Flying Squad Detective On The Cases That Haunt Him | Minutes With

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  • čas přidán 15. 06. 2024
  • In this episode of Minutes With we have sat down with Jim Dickie, former flying squad detective, who told us about working on international kidnap cases, 7/7 London bombings, and what police work was like.
    Thank you to Jim for taking part!
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Komentáře • 152

  • @2shy1151
    @2shy1151 Před měsícem +10

    When this man says "Back in the day" that really means something. Amazing, genuine man.

  • @MrsGump
    @MrsGump Před 7 měsíci +200

    This is the kinda honest, straight up guy that should be in the police. I could listen to these kinda peoples stories for hours!

    • @MrsGump
      @MrsGump Před 7 měsíci +7

      @@pn2124 yeah I know, I was an asshole. Guess dying from hepatitis was my karma?? Lol

    • @sjukbasketball8498
      @sjukbasketball8498 Před 7 měsíci +2

      90% of them are exactly that. Media would have you thinking otherwise

    • @user-xb5pn4dn4v
      @user-xb5pn4dn4v Před 5 měsíci +3

      @@sjukbasketball8498you’re basing your assumption off of a media opinion lmao. You don’t know 90% of them and typically opinions are pushed based on supportive data

    • @sjukbasketball8498
      @sjukbasketball8498 Před 5 měsíci

      @@user-xb5pn4dn4v I’ve spent the last 12 years working around law enforcement personnel. It isn’t an ‘opinion’ it’s experience

    • @lewis93156
      @lewis93156 Před 4 měsíci

      Good one 😂​@@sjukbasketball8498

  • @uppercut70
    @uppercut70 Před 7 měsíci +126

    Politicians and their accountants should learn from experienced, seasoned, sound men who have dedicated their lives to their profession... like this man

  • @runswithwindz9875
    @runswithwindz9875 Před 7 měsíci +59

    This is a special detective and a special man.

  • @CL-kn1rq
    @CL-kn1rq Před 7 měsíci +65

    Extraordinary policeman with very sensible views. Great video thanks

  • @dascudder
    @dascudder Před 7 měsíci +9

    Love how he speaks out at the end

  • @r.a.m3255
    @r.a.m3255 Před 7 měsíci +19

    I could listen to this man all day . Thanks for your service👏🏼

  • @bantamNeil12
    @bantamNeil12 Před 2 měsíci +3

    What a man fairplay...Spot on with everything he said...Jim Dickie thank you for your service 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  • @a.j.m.3808
    @a.j.m.3808 Před 6 měsíci +12

    One of the best interviews on the channel. I wish it lasted more. If the guest can be interviewed again for more stories and shared experiences, it would be great.

  • @CraigNiel
    @CraigNiel Před 5 dny

    Thank you, Jim. You did a job that most will not or can not do. 👍👍

  • @IncarnateIvazel
    @IncarnateIvazel Před 7 měsíci +35

    Always find these incredibly fascinating! Looking forward to hearing Jim's story

  • @CoachWG
    @CoachWG Před 7 měsíci +13

    Love these 'minutes with' videos.

  • @robertdixon373
    @robertdixon373 Před 7 měsíci +34

    What a bloke! This is a man’s man, a true gentleman!
    He’s had an amazing career by the sounds of it.
    The world needs more men like this man.
    Hard times create strong men,
    Strong men create good times,
    Good times create weak men!

  • @TiggZ_
    @TiggZ_ Před 7 měsíci +50

    My grandmother was civilian working for the BTP (mostly data entry) when the 7/7 bombs went off, where she earned a commendation from the chief of Police for stepping up and helping the officers get organised and helping with some of the victims of the bombs ❤️

    • @IncarnateIvazel
      @IncarnateIvazel Před 7 měsíci +3

      Massive respect to your grandmother for being a stand-up person, she definitely deserved the commendation ♡
      Also off-topic but is that Vegeta in your yt banner?

    • @TiggZ_
      @TiggZ_ Před 7 měsíci +1

      @IncarnateIvazel I really appreciate that, thank you! Yeah, that's Vegeta 😆

  • @nerd26373
    @nerd26373 Před 7 měsíci +25

    We will always support this channel. They're one of the best.

    • @Pooki2024
      @Pooki2024 Před 7 měsíci +1

      Who’s we ?

    • @Johnny-sj9sj
      @Johnny-sj9sj Před 7 měsíci

      @@Pooki2024 Who are 'We'? Normal law abiding people.

    • @samiecarr1885
      @samiecarr1885 Před 28 dny

      ​@@Johnny-sj9sjI highly doubt that the LadBible community can be called as such.😂😂

  • @paulaneilson5110
    @paulaneilson5110 Před 4 měsíci +2

    What an amazing interview and even more amazing human being!

  • @Vixter1945
    @Vixter1945 Před 7 měsíci +25

    What a career that man's had, much respect for his service

  • @scotthamlinbmx
    @scotthamlinbmx Před 7 měsíci +1

    Thank you for your work

  • @kreatingsound4946
    @kreatingsound4946 Před 2 měsíci

    this gentleman is fascinating, please make content with great individuals like this for hours!

  • @davidbaber5445
    @davidbaber5445 Před 7 měsíci +13

    Thank goodness we have men like this ,backbone of our society......🙏🏻

  • @CancerGaming56
    @CancerGaming56 Před 7 měsíci +1

    We need more of this guy

  • @helloitsme100
    @helloitsme100 Před 2 měsíci +2

    For your service, bravery and
    kindness. We salute you, Sir.

  • @bravo2966
    @bravo2966 Před 7 měsíci +73

    I've learned if I were ever to do a kidnapping, not to do it in Bulgaria.

    • @dvkevin
      @dvkevin Před 7 měsíci

      Exactly. Also, would love to talk to those guys over a few beers and vodka.

    • @stevesick1
      @stevesick1 Před 7 měsíci

      Why not? Those Bulgarian cops had to ask the British guy what they should do.

    • @munch762
      @munch762 Před 7 měsíci

      ​@@stevesick1ask Andrew Tate

    • @stevesick1
      @stevesick1 Před 7 měsíci

      @@munch762 why? He lives in Romania not Bulgaria

    • @munch762
      @munch762 Před 7 měsíci +2

      @@stevesick1 you don't shit on your own doorstep, you go next door and shit there.

  • @jray9786
    @jray9786 Před 7 měsíci +3

    you sir…are a real life superhero…it’s men like this that set the standards that the rest of us sausages must aspire to..and as long as we try,even if we only manage to acquire 30% of the minerals that this legend is made of…..then we’ve done well fellas

  • @NotInAsia
    @NotInAsia Před měsícem +3

    He seems like a very genuine good hearted individual. His insights on government driven legislation, budget cuts and 'austerity' are spot on. What a horrible mess our country is in. And all politicians ever do is talk and make empty promises, they don't actually do anything constructive. It's a pantomime.

  • @kateemma22
    @kateemma22 Před 7 měsíci +1

    This guy is the definition of ‘a living legend’.

  • @robmarkworth5377
    @robmarkworth5377 Před 7 měsíci

    Man speaks the truth. The voice of experience.

  • @monkeysaiyan7605
    @monkeysaiyan7605 Před 5 měsíci

    Need more police for sure!
    Amazing interview thank you 🙏

  • @nylesglynn8727
    @nylesglynn8727 Před 7 měsíci

    Especially love the last two minutes.

  • @Bats1234
    @Bats1234 Před 7 měsíci +5

    What a top bloke 👏

  • @A_Manc_in_Yorkshire
    @A_Manc_in_Yorkshire Před 7 měsíci +2

    what a man, salute you sir 😊

  • @hookedonbass2640
    @hookedonbass2640 Před 7 měsíci

    Being a great journey watching from here turner 👍🏼👍🏼
    All the best in its sale ..

  • @jamescoupland131
    @jamescoupland131 Před 7 měsíci

    Spot on about police stations

  • @samsw68
    @samsw68 Před 7 měsíci

    He’s so right I remember those days

  • @johngreen8026
    @johngreen8026 Před 7 měsíci +2

    What a man.

  • @daviddoyle5152
    @daviddoyle5152 Před 5 měsíci +1

    respect to mr dixie my grandmother knew him when he was a boy he grew up in pimlico

  • @femininityfaith7920
    @femininityfaith7920 Před 3 měsíci +1

    This man knows what's really going on. I'll never forget having to rush out of MY home with MY ,4 kids from crazy sociopathic ex. Smoking crack daily. And him pulling car parts out of MY vehicle so I couldn't escape with MY kids, I called the cops, 2 met me at a gas station after he put the parts back in luckily and the woman officer told me he can just stay at Me and My kids home and we would need to go to a homeless shelter!!!!! I've never asked them for help again in my life. I ran MY full-time business from my home at the time, all my kids clothes, school books/ backpacks, shoes,socks, MY food, toys, clothes, beds, rooms, MY paid Bills etc. we're all obviously at MY HOME, so me & my 4 kids would have our whole life ripped from us but he could stay chilling in MY nice home I created for us, smoking crack, eating our food, not a care in the world while WE were displaced. BULLSHIT!!!!!!! 4 young kids & a young mom doing the absolute best she could do!!!

  • @the_local_bigamist
    @the_local_bigamist Před 7 měsíci +5

    Only just started this interview and it is fascinating to hear from a Firing Squad police, even though he joined when they were past their prime (hardcore cops and robbers turned to drugs mostly long before him joining). But I wish you'd asked him more about that Gatwick bust, given that he mentioned the "intelligence" they had at least twice, as well as the security at Gatwick being compromised. This likely means that they had at least one informant in whatever East Laaahndan firm was behind this heist which would've been an amazing one to pull off and it seems unlikely that they would've been able to stop it without a grass/snitch/"covert human intelligence source"/rat or whatever you want to call them (the grass could also have been someone from a rival firm, as happens often too). But of course the sensationalist cases will always get the attention. No disrespect RE the 7/7 bombings, but it feels like more could've been learnt about policing from this interview if the right questions were asked. People don't realise that the police would be even more useless without informants, if you can even imagine that. Anyway, back to the interview.
    I liked his message about talking it out with colleagues in order to deal with trauma. However, when it gets to the questions about Wayne Couzens, I find it hard to take him seriously. The Met is full of wrong'uns - all of the police forces are. This is a known fact. Dunno about the Flying Squad but look at the old vice squad in Soho which ran protection rackets and used the "services" on offer as a perk. Look at the amount of other police were exposed or how many people spoke out against the Met in particular about their nasty ways and don't forget that others were convicted or at least sacked, who were actually involved with Couzens if he was a bad apple then he was surrounded by another dozen of them at least and that is just one set of wrong'uns. I like this man and he seems sincere, even though I have no time for the police, but there can be no illusions about the facts that they close ranks, protect their own and only take action against themselves when something tragic goes public (Sarah Everard - RIP). Who is vetting them? Who has been vetting them since the start of modern policing? When he asks why no one went to speak to a senior officer, he knows that being a grass inside the police is almost the same as being a grass in organised crime! This is a part of how corruption is enabled, not to mention their "fraternities". Look at the cases of Daniel Morgan (murdered by the Met in Sydenham - case still underway, lots of covering up, mad connections between Masonic lodges and organised crime groups) and also Stephen Lawrence, with similar themes. And then look into the many that didn't make national headlines.
    But he is absolutely correct about how austerity has destroyed public services. His rosy view of the police aside, austerity has destroyed lives, allowed for more opportunities for corruption and shows how the state is a complete failure, unless you are a member of the ruling class (which, unfortunately and ultimately, the police serve above all).

  • @antm2296
    @antm2296 Před 7 měsíci

    The difference between Jacks and Bobbies is staggering. Intelligence, dedication and rationality

  • @phthisis
    @phthisis Před 7 měsíci

    Those final thoughts are pretty much the reason why I'm disillusioned with government/corporations; it's hard to want to be part of a system that gets mismanaged so publicly, knowing that whatever good you do is just patchwork repair for the long-term damages they're causing on a daily basis.

  • @10oclocktic
    @10oclocktic Před 7 měsíci +1

    Sound guy with a unique story to tell Tougher than Nails them old school Coppers

  • @szia7104
    @szia7104 Před 7 měsíci +5

    You tell he was from a time when society was better on the whole than what it is today.

    • @arthurmorgan7086
      @arthurmorgan7086 Před 7 měsíci

      @@pn2124”from”. Not lives in

    • @arthurmorgan7086
      @arthurmorgan7086 Před 7 měsíci

      @@pn2124 no it doesn’t. Do you live in the same area you grew up in? If you don’t and you’re talking about that area would you say “you’re from there” or “you live there”? Exactly. Glad to correct your grammar. Have a good one

    • @arthurmorgan7086
      @arthurmorgan7086 Před 7 měsíci

      @@pn2124 have a good day. Glad to correct your grammar 👍

    • @arthurmorgan7086
      @arthurmorgan7086 Před 7 měsíci

      @@pn2124 don’t worry you’ll be ok. You just made a grammatical error. When you are older you will be able to handle these things without any tantrums. Won’t that be great?

    • @the_even_toed_ungulate.
      @the_even_toed_ungulate. Před 7 měsíci

      ​@@pn2124*You're (welcome).
      Is English your first language?

  • @koriuk5032
    @koriuk5032 Před 7 měsíci +1

    This man got it in one... cuts... cuts cuts cuts

  • @Jimfowler82
    @Jimfowler82 Před 7 měsíci

    This man speaks wisdom. He’s seen it all done it all. The government needs to be held accountable for these brash actions. It’s saved a few quid (debatable) short term but will cost far more long term.

  • @vineeth-9076
    @vineeth-9076 Před 7 měsíci +22

    Anyone notice how he only has 3 fingers on his right hand? Wonder if it had something to do with the job 🤔

    • @patrickmiles8319
      @patrickmiles8319 Před 7 měsíci

      😂😂😂😂😂

    • @bethschmitz6734
      @bethschmitz6734 Před 7 měsíci +3

      I kept listening wondering if he was gonna mention how it happened! Curious too if it happened on the job.

    • @craigmitcham2619
      @craigmitcham2619 Před 7 měsíci +7

      he done it opening a tin of beans

    • @mrbeeoutdoors3213
      @mrbeeoutdoors3213 Před 7 měsíci

      I only noticed it when he said the word "fingerprints" 😂

    • @bravosierra2447
      @bravosierra2447 Před 7 měsíci

      Plot twist: He is an honorary Yakuza 💀

  • @Sam-gw5pl
    @Sam-gw5pl Před 6 měsíci +1

    And now David Cameron is back

  • @DaveGreeneramblingcarpenter

    This is the type of man we're now missing in the police and in the wider world

  • @jackwoodhouse4515
    @jackwoodhouse4515 Před 5 měsíci

    Could you do a interview with Douglas chamberlain. He is one of the creators of the ambulance service and his story would be brilliant and he’s a old man now don’t leave it too late

  • @Geezah1
    @Geezah1 Před 7 měsíci +1

    I wonder if he knows Detective Inspector George Fenwick, Detective Sergeant Gordon Smith & Detective Constable Ted King who were on the front page of the People newspaper October 27th 1968....all bent coppers..

  • @heatpump8566
    @heatpump8566 Před 7 měsíci

    Flying squad are legends as is this man

    • @simonmartin3433
      @simonmartin3433 Před 5 měsíci

      The Flying squad were more bent than the chaps back in the 70's ,80's and 90's .

  • @encoreunefois1X
    @encoreunefois1X Před 7 měsíci

    Decent man. I very much agree regarding cuts to public service funding cuts. I just wonder If the Bulgarian "SWAT" team trained for this sort of thing all the time, why would they need any advice on when and how to carry out an intervention?

  • @petegonad
    @petegonad Před 7 měsíci +2

    We don’t mark 7/7 nearly enough. Hillsborough gets more remembrance.

  • @forshfam
    @forshfam Před 7 měsíci +2

    Ive just noticed halfway through the video hes missing two fingers...

  • @joletaxi9282
    @joletaxi9282 Před 7 měsíci

    All that this man has done, seen, experienced and the only time he got emotional was the state of the country and cuts to vital services. What a hero, wish he wanted to go into politics.

  • @2288sharingan
    @2288sharingan Před 7 měsíci +1

    you won't get them like that anymore. i'm glad he mentioned how shit this country has got

  • @grahamwatts8836
    @grahamwatts8836 Před 7 měsíci +1

    The Sweeney “yes gov” in Australia the equivalent was the major crime squad, heavily armed plain clothes cops take down the real villains.

  • @robbiedanny3662
    @robbiedanny3662 Před 16 dny

    What a man the breed is dieing 😢

  • @melissag2009
    @melissag2009 Před 6 měsíci

    This is the kinda thing I love to see on lad bible instead of shitty little stories that have no meaning, I think Ladbible would be a better source if they shared these things instead of shitting articles that mean nothing

  • @cianbierd-hughes2153
    @cianbierd-hughes2153 Před 7 měsíci

    Isn’t the first job he talks about the one that involved lee Murray?

    • @mrlee924
      @mrlee924 Před 7 měsíci

      I think Lee Murray did the Millennium Dome (02 area).

    • @paulwright3465
      @paulwright3465 Před 7 měsíci +2

      Tony, Paul and Martin Bowers

  • @benjamjarmin
    @benjamjarmin Před 4 měsíci

    I hope that Ex-Boyfriend found his justice inside

  • @gutz323
    @gutz323 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Im gonna mention the elephant in the room. How the hell did he lose half his fingers on his right hand?

  • @rossanderson5504
    @rossanderson5504 Před 7 měsíci +1

    This is the detective who led the Suzy Lamplugh murder inquiry

  • @janicepolley7518
    @janicepolley7518 Před 4 měsíci +1

    It's a pity that today's police are not like this guy, they seem to be help for the baddun and no hope for people wanting to do the right thing

  • @marciabarreto780
    @marciabarreto780 Před 6 měsíci +1

    They don't make men like that anymore.

  • @jef3tom710
    @jef3tom710 Před 7 měsíci

    Proper copper :) Old school

  • @johnwatson5235
    @johnwatson5235 Před 7 měsíci +1

    If we had people like this running the country we'd all be a lot better off.

  • @rossanderson5504
    @rossanderson5504 Před 7 měsíci

    A real life Jack Regan

  • @adh...lemonwaffles5660
    @adh...lemonwaffles5660 Před 6 měsíci

    Flying squad back in the day were more bent than uri gellers spoon.

    • @eadweard.
      @eadweard. Před 5 měsíci

      Commonly repeated unthinkingly. Whether it's true is another matter entirely.

  • @jordanclarke8571
    @jordanclarke8571 Před 7 měsíci

    If someone’s had a hostage for a couple of days I doubt he would have the mornings paper of that day 😂

  • @Chief_Brody
    @Chief_Brody Před 7 měsíci +4

    "bom-bings" lol

  • @deathxrost
    @deathxrost Před 7 měsíci

    I think if Ex-flying Squad Detective saying:
    "Bulgarian Special police unit" is very tough tall and wide...😤 you know! That some serious BREED he his talking 🗣about! For real 😂 what his whole in a life time in his service never saw something like that! Damn son i taught i can pass some narco in bulgaria now my views are changed😊

  • @davidlinehat4657
    @davidlinehat4657 Před měsícem

    A bank robbery is the same as terrorism?

    • @JimDickie-yy6qq
      @JimDickie-yy6qq Před měsícem

      Dangerous, armed and intent on causing harm and death!!

    • @miyubeilschmidt5351
      @miyubeilschmidt5351 Před 20 dny

      ​@JimDickie-yy6qq id say the intent of bank robbers is robbing a bank lol

  • @UK-Blue
    @UK-Blue Před 7 měsíci +2

    False 🏁

  • @frankiem5554
    @frankiem5554 Před 7 měsíci

    How is the full moon relevant?

    • @bagginssupercat
      @bagginssupercat Před 7 měsíci +4

      Much more light, and with snow too, harder to hide in shadows.

    • @Jimfowler82
      @Jimfowler82 Před 7 měsíci +1

      Shapeshifters

  • @benstoodley2495
    @benstoodley2495 Před 7 měsíci

    Great interview - Wrong about austerity though. The terrible Labor government before the Tories got it left the country in such a financial state that austerity was required.

    • @d_izzy
      @d_izzy Před 7 měsíci

      To be fair it is both. Both are culpable.
      It's as if Labour gave the country a deep gash across the face. The Tory government then took a claw hammer and bone saw to the already wounded country. Leaves plenty of finger pointing and whataboutism and divide.

  • @jonbuffry3175
    @jonbuffry3175 Před 5 měsíci

    Never the police’s fault always the government 🐸

  • @chrispoumbouris1373
    @chrispoumbouris1373 Před 7 měsíci

    So the Bulgarians saved him and then you went back to train then😂

  • @christopherp1318
    @christopherp1318 Před 7 měsíci

    when did Ellen Degeneres catch bad guys

  • @wrayez-hz2kq
    @wrayez-hz2kq Před 7 měsíci

    Did alot of talking without much stories. Maybe I just missed it.

  • @batmanbill9774
    @batmanbill9774 Před 7 měsíci +3

    First

  • @dhakpanda6708
    @dhakpanda6708 Před 7 měsíci

    what a quality gentleman.
    one thing i dont get though, i thought revolvers couldn't typically jam?

  • @BoneyMalone
    @BoneyMalone Před 5 měsíci

    21:50 need someone like him to talk to Queensland Police about their rampant corruption and crimes