July | 2012 | Noble Cause Corruption. Welcome to our (un)Professional Standards Department (uPSD)

A former police officer who was required to resign following a mistake he made whilst on duty has reported to me that he is now the subject of a number of possible Police Disciplinary procedures in spite of the fact that he left the police over 2 years ago. This former officer was a Greater Manchester Police officer. He went on duty one day, performed to the best of his ability but made a mistake. His mistake was that a third party decided that he was guilty of the misconduct offence of using excessive force on a prisoner. This result was arrived at even though their was no complaint from the person who he was supposed to have used excessive force on!

The incident was captured on CCTV which meant that the senior officers of Greater Manchester Police were able to put any spin they wished upon what they saw. They were able to ignore the reality of the situation as described by the three other officers present at the scene and effectively dismiss the former officer based on a two dimensional CCTV view without sound of an incident which was enacted in three dimensions with the screams of abuse from the prisoner and surrounding community morons intent on releasing him from his arrest for violent crime. At one stage during the incident the offender was being investiagted for attempted murder of a police officer!

The former officer thought it was all over. He failed to win his job back through the Chief Constable and also failed at his Police Appeals Tribunal so he got on with the rest of his life. This life now involves a senior security position within a multi-national company. I suspect he would dearly love to be back in the job but, in essence, he is earning as much now as he did as a cop with a company car, no shifts and no weekends unless he fancies doing them himself. He is loved by his bosses and, since being given the push, he has arrested burglars on two separate occasions in the vicinity of his own home.

So what has got his gander up? It is this! His mates who are still in the cops have been told that because the former officer has been removed from the police in these circumstances they must now report every time they associate with him. In fact, any officer who has left Greater Manchester Police under circumstances which are less than amicable are now subject to suspicion and social exclusion because any contact must be reported to senior command. The former officer is a well respected member of the community, he has no criminal convictions because the CPS decided he was not guilty of any offences and he is still a law abiding citizen assisting the community to keep it safe.

What is the world coming to when law abiding citizens are treated as if they are suspected criminals? What have Sir Pete’s senior command got up their sleeve? Shouldn’t they be concentrating on harassing the bad guys? Someone please tell me my information is wrong!!

The Death of the British Police Service

My last post outlined what I considered to be crocodile tears by our favourite ACPO Chairman, Sir Pete Fahy at the realisation that his own force has been in negotiation and consultation with a private security firm to patrol the streets of Manchester. I chose the title deliberately because I foresaw the outsourcing of further police duties to the private security industry. Despite Sir Pete protestations, it appears that other Chiefs of Police are about to sign off great swathes of police duties to the Security industry which could include G4S. In fact, West Midlands and Surrey Police are about to save money by awarding a contract to the private security industry worth £1.5 BILLION. That’s right that is £1,500,000,000.

Of course our beloved Tom Winsor, the government hatchet, Yes man is in line for his role as Her Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary which is the reward for stabbing us all in our backs. What is even more idiotic is the fact that, despite protestations from all levels of police service including those ACPO turncoats, Theresa May and other Ministers believe he is right for the job because he studied the police in compiling his report. It is his very report that has indicated he is the last person who should be considered.

He is also a partner in a law firm called White and Case who are advising G4S on winning a £200 million contract with Lincolnshire police also mentioned in the Reuter’s report. Even if it isn’t corrupt, surely there is a conflict of interest!!? The HMIC is employed by the firm attempting to win the award for the police duties that the HMIC is responsible for. If this was a company takeover then the Competition Commission would be jumping up and down all over them. Is this a bit like Barclays setting their own interest rates? Congratulations G4S on the award of all the contracts. Maybe I’ll put a bet on!

If the British Public don’t get a grip and complain loudly then the next time you drive past a building siite or walk into a town centre office, the bloke in the portacabin or behind the desk opening and closing the doors/gates will be the bloke you rely upon to keep you safe and the one to report your crime to. You have been warned. It is happening here and now.