From: "IG", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On the point about the bad laws on the books, there
is no obligation for the police to enforce them in
the same way that that the Nurenberg trials held.
Police officers are not blindly obligated to
uphold bad law. It's not that simple I realise,
but it is also not as simple as the responsibility
falling entirely on the Home Office and Parliament.
Lets start another hornets nest.
Are you saying 'blame the servants, not the masters?'
Who says they are bad laws? I presume you are talking about the '97 act?
A large number of people would say they are good laws. (I dont go with that,
I think it is bad and unworkeable, but I am open to others views). Are they
wrong? Who says so................us?
What is bad law? The Child Support Agency enforce bad law. The inland
revenue enforce bad law. HM Customs enforce bad law. The DSS enforce bad
law. Burglars think the theft act is bad law. Drunks think the breathalyser
is bad law. Where do we draw the line?
Personally, I find the reference to Nuremberg extremely insulting.
IG
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I never mentioned the 97 Act, you were the one who came out
with the comment that it was the fault of Parliament and
the Home Office, and that is a cop out (sorry), frankly.
If ACPO, the Police Federation etc., not to mention yourself
know these laws are bad, why not do something about them?
You can go and see your MP, you can make representations to
your Federation rep. and so on.
If you are enforcing a bad law which harms members of the
public, it may be different in magnitude but it is no
different in concept with the local SS officer blindly
following the orders of the Nazis.
Police officers are not the servants of Parliament or
the Home Office, they have autonomy and they are supposed
to use discretion. That means that they bear the
responsibility to a large degree for what they do.
The entire purpose of the police force is to protect
the public, not to be the strong arm of the Government.
Or will you follow ACPO's advice and start pulling people
over for doing 31 in a 30<G>.
Steve.
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