	{"id":109727,"date":"2025-09-05T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/tweedcoasttimes\/?p=109727"},"modified":"2025-09-04T13:34:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T03:34:12","slug":"from-the-mean-streets-to-the-trawlers-a-tweed-police-officer-memoir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/tweedcoasttimes\/news\/from-the-mean-streets-to-the-trawlers-a-tweed-police-officer-memoir\/","title":{"rendered":"From the mean streets to the trawlers: a Tweed police officer memoir"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WHAT began as a series of anecdotes from a former life on a Facebook group became a life&#8217;s work for Tweed man and former police officer, Gary Sutton.<\/p>\n<p>From a humble upbringing amidst the Condong cane fields to the chaos of frontline law enforcement, Sutton&#8217;s newly released memoir is a candid story of service, sacrifice and survival.<\/p>\n<p>After almost 20 years navigating the highs and lows of policing many in the Tweed region, A Moment in Time traces Sutton&#8217;s rural childhood through to the realities of crime scenes, courtrooms, and the PTSD and major depression that followed.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_109846\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-109846\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-109846 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2025\/09\/picture_20250829_133_57413-1-698x1024.png?_t=1756956736\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"939\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-109846\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gary Sutton served as a NSW police officer for almost 20 years until 1997 after PTSD and depression led to a medical discharge. Photo: SUPPLIED<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I had a Facebook page called Seascape Trawler Watch (now Tweed Heads Trawlers and Fishermen) and I&#8217;d sometimes post small excerpts from my policing career, observations of an old man type thing, and people kept saying I should write a book,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I wanted to write my life story for my grandchildren, as my parents never did it for me, and I would have loved to have known more about their lives, so I just started doing a chapter here and there.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Then one day, I thought I&#8217;d better finish, or I might not get the opportunity, so I committed and did the best I could.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A story of innocence, the bonds of policing, heartbreak, loss, and the silent battles fought long after the uniform comes off, the book presents a window into the real world behind the badge.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think I came through the best policing times, and I left about the time ice was coming in, which was the game changer,&#8221; Sutton said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The critics would talk about the corruption and all that bullshit, but honestly, 99 per cent of cops were straight up and down.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s not like we looked up to people like Roger Rogerson &#8211; we didn&#8217;t, we found the whole thing appalling, and we felt naive and insulted, and betrayed by these bastards.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I came from a different era, and it&#8217;s hard to reflect on today&#8217;s policing, but I&#8217;ve got to know quite a few police in the area here, and they are really under the pump.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Retiring from the force in 1997 after a medical discharge, Sutton&#8217;s memoir also explores emotional resilience, family, and the personal cost of standing on the thin blue line.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The book is about the work but also coming out the other side, burnt out by stress and slowly letting the cloud of depression lift to where I am today, sitting on the balcony of the Seascape building watching the trawlers coming up the river,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve put it all behind me, but it was very hard on the family.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What can I say? That&#8217;s my life, on paper.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A Moment in Time is available at Boardwalk Books in Kingscliff, or via<a href=\"http:\/\/inhousebookstore.com.au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> inhousebookstore.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WHAT began as a series of anecdotes from a former life on a Facebook group became a life&#8217;s work for Tweed man and former police officer, Gary Sutton. 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