After serving as cop for 33 years from Newfoundland to Vancouver Island, Ian Parsons of Courtenay has provided his insider's view of Canada's iconic police force in No Easy Ride: Reflections on My Life in the RCMP (Heritage 2013 $19.95) with a foreword by Rodger Touchie. Tales of smalltown policing, coupled with critiques of how the force has failed to modernize, are offered from Parsons's perspective as a retired inspector. 9781927527160

[BCBW 2013]

Review of the author's work by BC Studies:
No Easy Ride: Reflections on my Life in the RCMP