How do people with no experience of the culture or practice of police know what the motivation of the retired detective was or is? Evidence is routinely retained in case of civil action even if there is no prosecution. Not justifying anyone’s actions but we are not mind readers.
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Replying to @brianpaddick @Nick_F3D and
Well Brian, you may not have liked the CPS, but I did work for them for 28 years, so worked very closely with police & do have an inkling of their culture & practice. Evidence is retained but usually by the force not individual officers. I find the retired officer's actions odd.
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Replying to @ScareyClaire2 @Nick_F3D and
The evidence (copy of hard drive) was kept by the Force, not the officer. He kept his notes, as far as I understand it. The question of who started it was, I think, Bob Quick & not this officer. Damien Green then retaliated calling officers’ integrity into question. No winners
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Replying to @brianpaddick @ScareyClaire2 and
Thank you that’s helpful it’s such a shame how hard vast majority of Police Officers work and how reputation is so important to the role and hard won. This sort of stuff is bordering on political tampering and will have repercussions on trust. Have a good weekend.
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Replying to @Nick_F3D @brianpaddick and
Brian you appear to draw equivalence btwn v. senior police officer (ret'd) engaging in political smear and v. senior politician (active) doing same. Is that your point of view? No difference, same expectations of character and expected behaviour? Hope not
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Replying to @WayneHenderso12 @Nick_F3D and
I think likely to be personal rather than political (Quick v Green). Personally, porn on computer not an issue but press story related to attitudes in Parliament to sexual harassment of women. MP said officer was lying about porn - appears he wasn’t. Poor judgement on both sides.
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Replying to @brianpaddick @Nick_F3D and
Agree poor on both sides but police have powers that if misused destroy civic trust even more than politicians. This speaks to character and our faith that those with warrant cards don't misuse them. Quick shows why he was removed, but how did he rise so high?
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Replying to @WayneHenderso12 @brianpaddick and
Also not clear that politician lied (surprisingly). In your political role, do you think likely that at time of Tory surge against Labour, in Shadow Immigration portfolio, Green wld've had time or privacy to spend hours scrolling '000's' of images?
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Replying to @WayneHenderso12 @Nick_F3D and
2 issues. Was porn found on computer? Apparently yes. Who put it there, who was using it? - there’s an investigation. My understanding: Quick said computer in Green’s office had porn on it. Green said it was a political smear. Exactly what was said & who lied? We don’t know...yet
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Replying to @brianpaddick @Nick_F3D and
Yes agree again, but 'police officers retired' continue a campaign. That's not just 'poor' (what you might say about bad joke in pub), but undermines trust in police - 'long arm of revenge, not law'. More robust rejection by you of these actions wld be good.
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