Officer says he saw this coming & kept notes for own protection. Could be argued that @DamianGreen called into question integrity of his colleague Bob Quick/police service generally & he was entitled to respond. Could also be argued it’s a breach of Official Secrets Act. Arguable
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Replying to @brianpaddick @theJeremyVine and
Peculiar though that it was only this case he kept notebook from. I've known lots of cops over the years and if they do keep their notes, it tends to be for lots of cases, not just one. Anyway, the retired officer seems to be under investigation himself now.
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Replying to @ScareyClaire2 @brianpaddick and
Agreed Claire. It’s the fact of ten years passing that’s odious and an officer retaining info for personal gain that stinks. If the original investigation was happy not an illegal act why on earth keep the “legal” data/info that’s inexcusable and reflects very badly on the force
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Replying to @Nick_F3D @ScareyClaire2 and
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
Sorry Brian but that is nonsense! Are you suggesting it would be OK for a Solicitor or an Accountant to keep client data files after they retired and then to publish that data 10 years later? This is a clear breach of trust and a data protection breach! Indefensible!
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My understanding: The officer didn’t keep data files. The Met Police kept a copy of the hard drive. The officer kept his own notes of what he saw. Data Protection Act only applies to searchable personal data. Whether a breach of Official Secrets Act for a Court to decide.
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Replying to @brianpaddick @Nick_F3D and
My understanding: The Data Protection Act 1998 (c 29) is a United Kingdom Act of Parliament designed to protect personal data stored on computers or in an organised paper filing system. Do you not think a police notebook could be described as an organised paper filing system?
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Of course it isn’t. To use your own phrase “this is nonesense.”
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Replying to @brianpaddick @Nick_F3D and
I suggest we both wait and see how things play out!
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Replying to @karbier8 @brianpaddick and
Can you please omit me from further discussion thanks or will have to reluctantly block. Will never be convinced case notes on a closed case should be outside a secure area.
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Let me help. Blocked
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