About the Author

MICHAEL J. WALDREN QPM, joined the Metropolitan Police in 1967, rising through the ranks to Chief Superintendent, and commander of the London Firearms Unit - a position he held until 2000. Now retired, Mike does consultancy work for the main police firearms committee in the UK and for the Organisation for Security Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) based in Vienna. He is co-author of London's Armed Police (Arms and Armour Press, 1986). He lives in Middlesex.