Those who read this guy's original comments on the Police response know how disingenuous he is.

That he talks of disgust just blows my mind.

He supported actions the Police took that not only have been heavily criticised in official reports....but also his excuses aren't used in those reports as acceptable reasons for what happened.

Inaction enabled rapes to continue unpunished for decades. There were deaths that were related to this, fathers were arrested trying to save their girls from these rapists. Girls were picked up by their rapists from Police reception...this happened.

This was never a resources problem, that's a disgusting slur. This was a policy problem. The police had more resources and numbers back when this was in full flight than they do now....this guy is really the giddy limit.

This problem is still with us today and its guys like him with his mealy mouthed justifications that defend the indefensible.

Edited by Stirlingsays (04 Sep 2022 7.58pm)

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

Not an impression that's very accurate.

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

Yet another distortion. I am beginning to think you have an obsession with trying to rewrite my opinions.

I have never suggested that police resources were the only issue, only that we need to cut them some slack when we ask them to do so many things that it's impossible for them to do them all. That so many police forces seem to have adopted the same strategy suggests to me that there was some co-ordination behind it. Which further suggests that not only was the scale misunderstood centrally, but that another approach was considered the appropriate way to handle things. The police taking the heat for a centrally determined policy, if indeed that's what it was, seems unreasonable.

My approach has always been that those responsible are criminals and deserve to be found and punished. However, the over-riding priority had to be the safety of the victims and to stop as many further occurrences as possible. The way to do that doesn't necessarily involve just the police. Social workers, schools and community groups are just as important.

I would not have wanted to have been the ones trying to decide how to achieve the best outcome. You are bound to get mud slung at you from somewhere. Slinging mud is easy. Writing reports with the benefit of hindsight is useful to learn lessons and improve outcomes. Always getting things right the first time, impossible.

For the avoidance of doubt any comments in response to a previous post are directed to its ideas and not at any, or all, posters personally.

Yeah, from the sound of it you're one of them.

Your clarification is a distinction without a difference and was read clearly the first time.

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

I think sharing that room would be a cruel punishment that no crime would merit.

Responsibility Deficit Disorder is a medical condition. Symptoms include inability to be corrected when wrong, false sense of superiority, desire to share personal info no else cares about, general hubris. It's a medical issue rather than pure arrogance.