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

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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[@2shy1151]

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

[@MrsGump]

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]

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

[@sjukbasketball8498]

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

[@user-xb5pn4dn4v]

@@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]

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

[@lewis93156]

Good one 😂​@@sjukbasketball8498

[@uppercut70]

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

[@VershaunG]

😂i

[@runswithwindz9875]

This is a special detective and a special man.

[@patrickmiles8319]

With a special hand hahahahaha

[@CL-kn1rq]

Extraordinary policeman with very sensible views. Great video thanks

[@r.a.m3255]

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

[@user-rw9rf8ip8p]

Same here

[@dascudder]

Love how he speaks out at the end

[@a.j.m.3808]

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.

[@robertdixon373]

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!

[@IncarnateIvazel]

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

[@bantamNeil12]

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

[@CoachWG]

Love these 'minutes with' videos.

[@nerd26373]

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

[@Pooki2024]

Who’s we ?

[@Johnny-sj9sj]

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

[@samiecarr1885]

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

[@Vixter1945]

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

[@davidbaber5445]

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

[@TiggZ_]

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]

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_]

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

[@scotthamlinbmx]

Thank you for your work

[@paulaneilson5110]

What an amazing interview and even more amazing human being!

[@helloitsme100]

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

[@NotInAsia]

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.

[@kreatingsound4946]

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

[@CancerGaming56]

We need more of this guy

[@jray9786]

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

[@Bats1234]

What a top bloke 👏

[@A_Manc_in_Yorkshire]

what a man, salute you sir 😊

[@monkeysaiyan7605]

Need more police for sure! Amazing interview thank you 🙏

[@robmarkworth5377]

Man speaks the truth. The voice of experience.

[@nylesglynn8727]

Especially love the last two minutes.

[@jamescoupland131]

Spot on about police stations

[@bravo2966]

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

[@dvkevin]

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

[@stevesick1]

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

[@munch762]

​@@stevesick1ask Andrew Tate

[@stevesick1]

@@munch762 why? He lives in Romania not Bulgaria

[@munch762]

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

[@hookedonbass2640]

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

[@kateemma22]

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

[@samsw68]

He’s so right I remember those days

[@femininityfaith7920]

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!!!

[@johngreen8026]

What a man.

[@daviddoyle5152]

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

[@the_local_bigamist]

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).

[@DaveGreeneramblingcarpenter]

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

[@antm2296]

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

[@phthisis]

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.

[@Geezah1]

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..

[@szia7104]

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

[@arthurmorgan7086]

@@pn2124”from”. Not lives in

[@arthurmorgan7086]

@@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]

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

[@arthurmorgan7086]

@@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.]

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

[@vineeth-9076]

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

[@patrickmiles8319]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@bethschmitz6734]

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

[@craigmitcham2619]

he done it opening a tin of beans

[@mrbeeoutdoors3213]

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

[@bravosierra2447]

Plot twist: He is an honorary Yakuza 💀

[@10oclocktic]

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

[@Jimfowler82]

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.

[@koriuk5032]

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

[@Sam-gw5pl]

And now David Cameron is back

[@jackwoodhouse4515]

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

[@joletaxi9282]

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.

[@petegonad]

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

[@encoreunefois1X]

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?

[@forshfam]

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

[@heatpump8566]

Flying squad are legends as is this man

[@simonmartin3433]

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

[@grahamwatts8836]

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

[@cianbierd-hughes2153]

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

[@mrlee924]

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

[@paulwright3465]

Tony, Paul and Martin Bowers

[@2288sharingan]

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

[@melissag2009]

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

[@gutz323]

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

[@stephencarman1118]

He must have been a hostage at some point!!!!!

[@benjamjarmin]

I hope that Ex-Boyfriend found his justice inside

[@janicepolley7518]

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

[@miyubeilschmidt5351]

police has always been and will always be corrupt :(

[@rossanderson5504]

This is the detective who led the Suzy Lamplugh murder inquiry

[@JimDickie-yy6qq]

Actually I led the reinvestigation!

[@marciabarreto780]

They don't make men like that anymore.

[@jordanclarke8571]

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

[@adh...lemonwaffles5660]

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

[@eadweard.]

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

[@johnwatson5235]

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

[@jef3tom710]

Proper copper :) Old school

[@davidlinehat4657]

A bank robbery is the same as terrorism?

[@JimDickie-yy6qq]

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

[@miyubeilschmidt5351]

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

[@rossanderson5504]

A real life Jack Regan

[@deathxrost]

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😊

[@eadweard.]

Incoherent babble.

[@Chief_Brody]

"bom-bings" lol

[@UK-Blue]

False 🏁

[@eadweard.]

What is?

[@frankiem5554]

How is the full moon relevant?

[@bagginssupercat]

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

[@Jimfowler82]

Shapeshifters

[@benstoodley2495]

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]

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]

Never the police’s fault always the government 🐸

[@eadweard.]

What is?

[@christopherp1318]

when did Ellen Degeneres catch bad guys

[@eadweard.]

Funny adjacent.

[@chrispoumbouris1373]

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

[@wrayez-hz2kq]

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

[@batmanbill9774]

First

[@Johnny-sj9sj]

🏆😵‍💫

[@dhakpanda6708]

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

[@JimDickie-yy6qq]

Faulty firing pin, bent and wrong ammunition

[@BoneyMalone]

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

[@eadweard.]

What like?