Striking the Right Balance between Privacy and Public Protect ion

Ross Anderson Ross.Anderson at cl.cam.ac.uk
Tue, 22 Oct 2002 13:09:11 +0100


> And what safeguards are bypassed simply because the investigator is not a
> police officer?

The critical cultural safeguards that come from a uniformed,
disciplined service that sees a fair cross-section of human
misery and is thus much better able to put the severity of
alleged offences in proportion

Ross