METROPOLITAN POLICE SERVICE OFFICER FINED AND REPRIMANDED FOR MIS USE

[David Hansen]

On 26 Nov 2002 at 16:07, Watkin Simon wrote:

> > Had the Home Office been serious about balancing rights with 
> > responsibilities RIP would have contained appropriate penalties for
> > misuse by Toms, Dicks and Harriets.
> 
> That point is beginning to sink in.

I'm glad to hear it:-)

Messers Mandelson, Campbell and Wheelan have taught us that to get 
things through the thick skulls of the public they need to be 
announced at least three times. At least that's their explanation for 
repeating the same announcements over and over:-)
 
> And the value placed on that?  He was reprimanded.
> 
> It's is not often that I venture a personal opinion on this list but a
> reprimand in that situation strikes me as a failure to acknowledge the
> value of privacy and that unlawful or unauthorised privacy violation,
> whether by criminals or by law enforcers, be seen as a crime in
> itself.

An opinion with which I agree.


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