Getting it on Kindle soonThe Isles of Scilly are not known for their high crime rate, but the exploits of its head of police have made him a star of social media and secured him a book deal.
Over the past seven years, Sgt Colin Taylor has used a child's bike to chase someone suspected of drinking and driving and kept the streets of Scilly free from anchor thieves and naked stag parties.
He has gained tens of thousands of social media followers, despite the islands only having a population of 2,200.
Now, as the 49-year-old prepares to resume his career on the mainland, BBC News looks back on some of his highlights fighting crime at the extremity of the British Isles, and how one police officer has gained such social media momentum.
But humanising policing has brought him followers from across the world, and his popularity has won him a book deal where he has documented his many adventures.
The Life of a Scilly Sergeant: Adventures of High Tide and Low Crime,was published by Penguin and Studio Lambert, the creators of Gogglebox, have also met to discuss the story.
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