Police officer guilty of selling seized drugs back to dealer
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Criminally stupid. How did he ever think his colleagues wouldn't notice his lifestyle and cars?
That's what happens when people aren't as clever as they think they are and the power goes to their head, they start believing their own hype?
The level of housekeeping at those drugs stores was unbelievable, talk about making it easy. It's like that 'friend realises employee has been taking money from the till' thread. And the police have been known to lecture members of the public about keeping their property and therefore their car keys secure?
That's what happens when people aren't as clever as they think they are and the power goes to their head, they start believing their own hype?
The level of housekeeping at those drugs stores was unbelievable, talk about making it easy. It's like that 'friend realises employee has been taking money from the till' thread. And the police have been known to lecture members of the public about keeping their property and therefore their car keys secure?
It'll never be long enough. But the article demonstrates just how inept 'news' papers are. It says :
Greaney said McFadden, who joined the force in 2000 and climbed the ranks....
He was a DC, a Constable. He's on the bottom rung. Being in CID is NOT a promotion, it's a chosen specialisation. I think they've been watching to much TV
Greaney said McFadden, who joined the force in 2000 and climbed the ranks....
He was a DC, a Constable. He's on the bottom rung. Being in CID is NOT a promotion, it's a chosen specialisation. I think they've been watching to much TV
Elroy Blue said:
It'll never be long enough. But the article demonstrates just how inept 'news' papers are. It says :
Greaney said McFadden, who joined the force in 2000 and climbed the ranks....
He was a DC, a Constable. He's on the bottom rung. Being in CID is NOT a promotion, it's a chosen specialisation. I think they've been watching to much TV
Thought the brighter ones got selected for it......Greaney said McFadden, who joined the force in 2000 and climbed the ranks....
He was a DC, a Constable. He's on the bottom rung. Being in CID is NOT a promotion, it's a chosen specialisation. I think they've been watching to much TV
HarryW said:
Elroy Blue said:
It'll never be long enough. But the article demonstrates just how inept 'news' papers are. It says :
Greaney said McFadden, who joined the force in 2000 and climbed the ranks....
He was a DC, a Constable. He's on the bottom rung. Being in CID is NOT a promotion, it's a chosen specialisation. I think they've been watching to much TV
Thought the brighter ones got selected for it......Greaney said McFadden, who joined the force in 2000 and climbed the ranks....
He was a DC, a Constable. He's on the bottom rung. Being in CID is NOT a promotion, it's a chosen specialisation. I think they've been watching to much TV
You apply just like any (job) specialist department.
Given the probability of getting caught and likely sentence did McFadden and his brother maximise their take by cutting the drugs before selling them back to the drug dealers?
Something on Radio 4 about jobs being downgraded including PCSOs replacing PCs, with a female PCSOs that's been one for 8 years.
After the Stephen Lawrence case the lack of integrity in evidence housekeeping isn't exactly reassuring. Lessons still to be learned?
Something on Radio 4 about jobs being downgraded including PCSOs replacing PCs, with a female PCSOs that's been one for 8 years.
After the Stephen Lawrence case the lack of integrity in evidence housekeeping isn't exactly reassuring. Lessons still to be learned?
Edited by carinaman on Tuesday 2nd April 20:09
G4S or other private companies should be running evidence stores, and the evidence is stored in cupboards that rely on two keys, one of which is held by the police and attached to the case?
I wonder if knowing he could get access to the seized drugs and sell them made him keener to do his job and bust the dealers?
Did knowing he could make money from drugs busts incentivise him to do his job better?
Arrest metrics would have flagged up he was making more busts than his colleagues and made some wonder why?
Thoughts inspired by the post of User3367888. Thank you.
I wonder if knowing he could get access to the seized drugs and sell them made him keener to do his job and bust the dealers?
Did knowing he could make money from drugs busts incentivise him to do his job better?
Arrest metrics would have flagged up he was making more busts than his colleagues and made some wonder why?
Thoughts inspired by the post of User3367888. Thank you.
Edited by carinaman on Tuesday 2nd April 20:42
HarryW said:
Thought the brighter ones got selected for it......
There used to be a filter for CID, and a nationally recognised course, and a difficult one, to pass.A good detective is not necessarily above average intelligence in the sense of a high IQ but to be successful you have to have something different. It is difficult to define but easy to recognise.
In my time there used to be a queue and you either had to know someone (or be married to a divisional sueprintendent - that went down well for the 3-years int he job WPC) or else be willing to wait for three or four years. It has changed a bit now I'm told, with vacancies no less. According to a mate who is still in my old force, the amount of paperwork is putting many applicants off. Further, few cases are investigated. All that is required is a 'result' and everyone is happy. No way for an adult to earn a living.
I got a full witness order from a regional crime squad and I asked to speak with the senior investigating officer for the series of armed robberies. She said there wasn't one, just her. Serious crimes just got an OIC and not SIOs any more. This was 18 mnths or so ago and she said that their unit, covering two force areas, had already lost its 20% staff under the swingeing cuts from this government and they were not having wastage replaced. They were 'sleeving' serious crimes where it was likely they'd get an offender because there was no one to cope. It was no good sending the crime back to division as they could not deal either. So despondency i not far away it would appear.
In my time if a 'normal' serious crime came in, perhaps a murder or brutal rape, then an incident room would be set up. You are lucky to get your own desk nowadays it would seem.
CID used to be a career but now it is seen as a tick in the box by many of those who look to the job as a means of promotion. Further, a couple of years ago private industry was poaching detectives. I know of two who took early retirement and started a new job which paid more, for shorter hours, with less aggro and with more job satisfaction. A detective's CV is tempting to, for instance, an investigation unit for a credit card company.
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