13 December (Part 2) - And answer came there none
The Metropolitan Police are in the news today for failing a young rape victim and at the
other end of the scale I received two emails this morning expressing concern for the apparent
uselessness of Bexley police. The treatment meted out to innocent parties is “astounding” and
they don’t respond to enquiries were the themes.
Many people seem to be too scared to stand up to the police with the result that their
standards spiral steadily downwards but there are exceptions. The
Bexley resident who exposed their dishonesty in court and three weeks ago I received an unsolicited
copy of an email which initially caused me much amusement but it conveys a serious message.
It was written by Mick Barnbrook who took time off from reporting crooked MPs to
the police and Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards (†) to give Chief Superintendent Victor
Olisa the benefit of his thoughts. The Borough Commander neither acknowledged it nor did he reply.
Dear Chief Superintendent Olisa,
Thank you for responding to my email and your invitation to ask questions
relating to “Hate Crime” and “Use of police resources”.
As you are aware, I am a former Metropolitan Police Inspector, having
spent part of my career at Bexleyheath Police Station.
I am therefore somewhat dismayed at the apparent disregard by yourself and officers at
your station towards two senior citizens who have been the subject of a homophobic hate crime.
This crime was reported to Bexleyheath Police Station eighteen months ago
and having followed the "Bexley-is-Bonkers" website, if what is being reported
on there is true, you should all be ashamed of yourselves.
The
unprofessional attitude apparently being adopted by yourself and your staff would
never have been tolerated when I was a serving officer and you would all have been looking
for other employment.
Having decided to take no further action initially and now taking so long to deal with a
crime that could have been dealt with many months ago, any third party might reach the
conclusion that there is some sort of conspiracy between Bexleyheath Police and Bexley
Council to drag the matter out for so long that a decision will be reached not to charge
anybody, as it is not in the public interest.
Any assurance from you that this is not the case would be welcomed by me.
More.
† Mr. Barnbrook got in early with his complaint that the Secretary of State for Culture,
Media and Sport allowed her parents to live in a Wimbledon property for which she claimed £90,718
in second home allowances. Mick was tipped off by one of his many newspaper contacts.