Post by fretslider on Jun 25, 2010 11:26:55 GMT -5
Jun 25, 2010 10:15:21 GMT -5 @mikemarshall said:
There is a fundamental difference between an opinion and a fact.It is a FACT that the Metropolitan Police Force is the body responsible for policing London and parts of the Home Counties.
It is an OPINION that its officers are uniformly corrupt.
Operation Countryman took place during the 1970s and things have improved considerably in the force since those days.
I will start a new thread soon on how policing COULD and SHOULD be in the hands of the PEOPLE rather than their oppressors as is currently the case.
All I require from you, dear chap, is a simple acknowledgement that you WERE expressing an OPINION rather than a FACT.
Operation Countryman is a fact and only a complete fool thinks its changed.
The Serious and Organised Crime Agency is assessing the scale of corruption within the British police after concerns were raised by senior internal investigators, the Guardian can reveal.
Anti-corruption officers are worried that today's police are more vulnerable to being targeted by criminals and abusing their powers than their predecessors in the 1970s and 1980s, when corruption was thought to be at its height.
Senior figures cite three new areas where evidence suggests officers of all ranks are vulnerable to being exploited by individuals involved in crime or on the edge of criminality:
• Social networking sites, where police officers identify themselves as members of the service and are open to approaches from criminals and inappropriate associations.
• Bodybuilding gyms where officers are known to take steroids, leading them into contact with the criminal underworld and illegal drug dealing.
• The increased access by all police officers and civilian staff to confidential information in IT systems which they can leak for financial gain.
www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/feb/14/soca-crime-agency-police-corruption
Anti-corruption officers are worried that today's police are more vulnerable to being targeted by criminals and abusing their powers than their predecessors in the 1970s and 1980s, when corruption was thought to be at its height.
Senior figures cite three new areas where evidence suggests officers of all ranks are vulnerable to being exploited by individuals involved in crime or on the edge of criminality:
• Social networking sites, where police officers identify themselves as members of the service and are open to approaches from criminals and inappropriate associations.
• Bodybuilding gyms where officers are known to take steroids, leading them into contact with the criminal underworld and illegal drug dealing.
• The increased access by all police officers and civilian staff to confidential information in IT systems which they can leak for financial gain.
www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/feb/14/soca-crime-agency-police-corruption
What you require is a strong dose of reality.