Policing The Troubles | East Tyrone, Belfast, Riots & Near-Death Experiences | Hilton McCabe, Ex-RUC

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Hilton McCabe served in the RUC in both East Tyrone and Belfast during the second half of the conflict we know as “the troubles”.
Hilton tells us about policing rural East Tyrone and the horror of cleaning up body-parts after the one of the IRA’s most deadly roadside b*mb attacks, the Ballygawley Bus Ambush.
Hilton shares with us his stories of riots, threats to his life, his numerous brushes with death and how he and his colleagues dealt with the stress and trauma from the job.
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Joining RUC, catholic/protestant membership
21:15 First posting- EAST TYRONE
35:00 Ballygawley Bus B*mb (8 British soldiers k*lled)
53:30 Writing “Mountroyal”
1:02:20 Post-LOUGHALL AMBUSH Call out
1:11:45 Killers, psychos & Abuse of power
1:17:00 INLA & IPLO feud
1:22:15 Differences between republicans and loyalist paramilitaries
1:23:25 IRA funerals
1:34:00 Rural vs Urban IRA brigades
1:35:10 RIOTS
1:43:10 Lucky to be alive- times Hilton almost died
2:02:40 MOUNTPOTTINGER
2:07:50 SOLDIERS
2:12:10 Threats on Hilton’s life
2:20:50 Ever been recognized off-duty ?
2:22:00 N.I’s first million pound dr*g seizure & post-GFA policing