METROPOLITAN POLICE SERVICE OFFICER FINED AND REPRIMANDED FOR MIS USE

[Brian Morrison]

On Tue, 26 Nov 2002 16:07:25 -0000, Watkin Simon wrote:

>We don't think that.  For instance here's an example from the Police
>Complaints Authority yesterday.  I notice that the PCA "required" the
>Metropolitan Police to investigate a Police Constable's unauthorised
>intrusion into the privacy of his former partner and family members.  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.

Now you appreciate why so many here are asking that invasions of
privacy are carefully recorded and disclosed so that the targets of the
intrusion are in a position to complain if the statutory apparatus has
not already instigated proceedings for unwarranted incidents.

I hope that your colleagues in the HO are absorbing this
information....

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Brian Morrison                                       bdm@fenrir.org.uk
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