From: Norman Bassett, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I just took a look at the policecorruption.co.uk site
- early days yet. The easiest way to avoid harassment
by people in the UK is of course to keep your files on
a US server.
I've heard estimates that one third of the UK police
engage in corruption of some kind - ie take bribes
from criminals, resell seized drugs etc, engage in
clear-up figure fiddling etc. That one third of the UK
police know enough about corruption going on to make a
complaint with a reasonable hope of success - but
don't because you make too many enemies that way. And
that the remaining third of the UK police are honest,
usually those new on the job and/or in lowly
positions.
The question of how many rotten apples it takes in a
barrel before you can reasonably make a judgement on
the whole barrel is an interesting one.
It's also interesting remembering back 25/30 years to
the American policemen visiting the UK saying that the
whole mess of narcotics-related corruption was coming
our way next, pretty inevitably. How true that was.
Dragging my sainted uncle into this (inevitably!) I
recall his comment that refusal to introduce
reasonable investigation methods like hypnosis derives
from the fact that at any one time half the members of
the Cabinet should have been in jail - usually for
some kind of a financial fiddle - and they don't
intend to get hoist with their own petard.
Regards
Norman Bassett
drakenfels.org
Cybershooters website: http://www.cybershooters.org
List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
___________________________________________________________
T O P I C A http://www.topica.com/t/17
Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics
