23 January (Part 3) - The dirty cops really are untouchable
Three letters about
the Councillor Peter Craske case all in one day…
The Independent Police Complaints Commission confirmed that
it doesn’t matter
how slow the Metropolitan Police’s Directorate of Professional Standards are to
respond to complaints, there is nothing they can do about it. There were two new
bits of information. The police are not allowed to drop an enquiry referred to
them by the IPCC, mine was, and “the IPCC acknowledges this is taking a
significant period of time and for this reason I have contacted the Directorate
of Professional Standards”. That’s in addition to referring it to a Senior Case Officer
as an example of extreme delay.
The Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime has said they are not interested in
Metropolitan Police malpractice unless the complaint is directed at Commissioner
Bernard Hogan-Howe himself. Now there’s an idea.
From the Directorate of Professional Standards - maybe the IPCC really has
kicked their backsides - comes news that they have still not achieved anything
but one of the Bexley officers they’d like to interview cannot be found. Now
where did I hear that one before?
If you are in any doubt about just how corrupt the Metropolitan Police can be,
get yourself to a library before yours closes and ask for a copy of Michael
Gillard and Laurie Flynn’s book. The paper version is out of print but there is
an updated version for Amazon’s Kindle.