Sock Puppet Speaks!

Sir John Stevens, Metropolitan Police Commissioner and political errand boy, has been giving us the benefit of Blunkett's professional expertise:

"In a defensive climate staff and officers are too often afraid to admit mistakes, apologise and move on for fear that by owning up to shortcomings they may themselves become the subject of allegations, especially allegations of discrimination, leading to misconduct proceedings."

"There is a particular nervousness about dealing with issues raised by or about black and minority ethnic staff and officers."

No doubt officers in the Met are reassured by this robust display of spinelessness from their boss. I mean, it could just be that they were in the right in the first place and refuse to grovel to race-hustling dead beats, treasure hunting lawyer trash and cop hating psychos. We're not talking X-Files weird here. It could theoretically happen that a complaint is bogus. Just once or twice.

And what's with Slimey complaining about excessive paranoia anyway ? Check this out from the self-same effusion:

"It is also patently wrong that we are currently unable to use evidence we may gather using covert techniques in disciplinary proceedings and I hope the law will be changed to allow this to happen in the future."

Yes, folks - he is talking about bugging. Wonder how many of the L3 who get attacks of the vapours when they think about setting MI-5 loose on Al-Q are A-OK with the Filth bugging Officer Hansen's flat in case he tells the one about Nellie Mandela and the lady of the night ? So PC Plod may have electronic plumbing in his house, but Slimey can't see why that might lead to obssessive defensiveness. Okay....

Of course, Blunkett's Orville can't be blamed for all of this - look where he made this statement:

The inquiry, headed by former union leader Sir Bill Morris, was set up after criticism over a number of cases involving ethnic minority officers.

It was established by the Metropolitan Police Authority in the wake of cases including that of Superintendent Ali Dizaei, who was cleared of allegations of dishonesty at the Old Bailey last September

So, the enquiry is headed by a guy so lefty he thinks Labour is too right-wing. No chance of bias there then.

Besides, it ain't just the Met that's drank the Kool Aid:

Police officers in County Durham will be equipped with cameras as part of the drive to tackle domestic violence.
The cameras will be put into all 100 of Durham Police's cars and vans and have been bought with £20,000 of Home Office funding.

It will mean the first officers who arrive at a scene will photograph any available evidence such as personal injury or damage to a premises.

Perish the thought that the Bill use public money to fight violence in general. Nope, they're only intrested if there's an excuse for the Milli Tants to indulge in a Man-Hating frenzy.