Petra, in my defence I agreed to marry an art student who then decided to join the police force, this caused much amusement in my family because I was involved in campaigns against miscarriages of justice then as well as being active in demo's
May I give an example of why I am angry when j hear police officers saying they altered their note books because they were ordered to
When my husband was in uniform and on the beat he was told by the Sgt to get up the town and sort out the parking in the high street, he did so and booked two motorists. He was ordered into the inspectors office and was sworn at for booking Lord Powys then ordered to drop it , my husband said he would but only if the electrician was also let off otherwise he would continue with the paperwork for Lord Powys and the electrician , he was told he was heading for a short career with that attitude - when he died aged 28 , he was the youngest scene of crime officer this force had ever had, was a detective Sgt and qualified to rank of inspector , was also recommended for Bramshill by the chief constable . I have never accepted the annual invitation to the police memorial service , I cannot because the big brass are so damn corrupt and they corrupt new officers - but they failed with mine
Sorry of topic but I feel strongly about police corruption and it starts with small offences and continues until it reaches the likes of Hillsborough, the Birmingham six, Ian Tomlinson , the Lawrence's and hundreds more