Later Police Career
He was involved in several major investigations such as the Bank of America robbery in April 1975, in which £8 million was stolen from a branch in Davies Street, Mayfair. He was also involved with Britain's first "Supergrass" trial in 1973, in which bank robber Bertie Smalls testified against his former associates in exchange for his own freedom, and then in the trials supported by the evidence of "King Squealer" Maurice O'Mahoney.
Slipper helped to set up the Robbery Squad, which later merged into the Flying Squad.
After Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Robert Mark initiated an "interchange" policy, which required CID officers to return to uniformed work, Slipper ended his career as a uniformed Chief Superintendent as head of X Division in Ruislip.
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