The Girl for the Job: True Stories From My Life As An Undercover Cop

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The many detailed chapters about real life experiences and unbelievable stories make you want to jump in and have a go yourself. Fast-paced and eye-opening, Undercover Copper is an exciting account of life as a covert investigator by Danni Brooke. For over a decade, Danni Brooke was one of the most effective covert investigators in the UK, one of a very small number of women in the Met's elite unit. There are more focused titles out there but if you've got a few hours and a credit to kill it was decent entertainment. Danni continues to contribute to Hunted and Celebrity Hunted where she has an unwavering determination to capture even more fugitives.

It was while she was pregnant the second time that she suffered a personal trauma which forced her to take time off and reassess her priorities.During her first posting in Tower Hamlets she earned the nickname ‘Thief Taker’ for her steely ambition and high arrest rate.

They talk about their previous careers and how their knowledge and experience is now used to keep their clients safe online in the ever increasing digitally complex world we now live in. Danni loved her work, revelling in playing the part of a dumb Essex girl while secretly gathering evidence for criminal prosecutions. Her incredible backstory covers being a female in a dangerous male-dominated world and the importance of a female approach to crime-solving activities. My life was full of danger every day and I couldn’t tell my friends or family what I did for a living. Then he thought about honey (which he did a lot) and what to do next, and decided to just follow the links below - thinking was hard work for a bear!Since leaving the force in 2013 she has built up a successful career as an investigator on C4’s Hunted , now in its tenth series. Today Danni Brooke enjoys the quiet life with her two children at her home in Spain, where she also runs a cybersecurity company with partner and fellow TV hunter Ben Owen. In her honest, warm and gripping memoir, Danni also reveals why she left the police, how she found a new career (and love) on C4’s Hunted – and why the thrill of covert work still pulls her into private investigations.

As someone who has spent most of her life living a sheltered life in a rural community, it was enlightening to read about the life of an inner-city police officer, and about the lives of the people she encountered in that environment, without the filter of fictional prose to soften the edges. My life was full of danger every day and I couldn’t tell my friends or family what I did for a living.Danni has been asked to teach on undercover and police informant handling courses globally, and after over 10 years of exemplary service with The Metropolitan Police, Danni pursued new challenges. At 21 she fell pregnant and hastily married her daughter’s father – it was a disastrous relationship which ended up in the courtroom with Danni fighting for custody. Out in the field Danni demonstrated her extraordinary covert skills by consistently getting results. In 2005 she left to set up her own real-life story agency First Features Ltd and since then has sold stories to all parts of the national and international press as well as television. And though her extraordinary bravery and quick-thinking earned her commendations, today she takes a more critical view of her police work.

Danni has written an incredible book about her 10 years of undercover life in the world of crack dens and mixing with some incredibly dangerous characters, all the more amazing considering she is just 5’2″! Whether she was busting organised crime gangs, catching paedophiles or disrupting drug supply lines, Danni was prepared to infiltrate the most dangerous situations, putting her life on the line for the job she loved. Danni Brooke is passionate about women being employed in traditionally male-dominated sectors, sharing this passion with her audiences and encouraging the next generation of women to pursue their goals regardless of gender stereotypes.Since leaving the force she has built up a successful career as an investigator on C4's Hunted and Celebrity Hunted, appeared on ITV's This Morning, taken part in the C5 series Troll Hunters and C4's You Won't Believe This. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. For over a decade, Danni Brooke was one of the most effective female undercover cops in the UK, one of a very small number of women in the Met’s elite unit.