Holiday work

yes, as predicted i have been working during the holidays. i have put it off for a while but had to start to get some work done before we all start the new working year on Monday. the thing i've noticed with the cases are that the police do not seem to investigate as throughly as you might think and do not seem to understand the stress, anxiety and most of all the humiliation that a police action can have on an individual. the cases that i'm working on range from police searches to detention without charge for more serious but on the information unfounded reasons had the investigations been done propertly right from the start.

what i don't understand is that if the police are given all these powers to arrest, detain, examine and prosecute why there does not seem to be any consideration for the way the powers are being used?

complaints are being made to the DPS and the IPCC everyday i bet but this does not seem to be making a difference. is the police complaint being taken seriously or is the DPS just doing the old admin trick, replying then filing and moving on to the next? that's how i feel with some of the complaints that are being made. there does not seem to be a change in the way that policing is being conducted. the pace codes are being breached, the breaches being pointed out but still the same misconducts are being committed by other officers. why???? what is the point of a police complaint when it will not change the way that officers apply the codes?

questions that i think i need to ask. if the complaint procedure is just a way to appease people when their human rights have been infringed it's not working as when no action or change is seen by the public they will soon catch on and they will demand why no lessons have been learnt by the numerous complaints made.

and a sad thing especially after the 10 year anniversary of the death of stephen lawrence, that disproportionate amount of police action is still against black members of the public and excessive force is used against them in most cases that i'm working on.

have things changed in the way the police do their jobs? are lessons being learnt from all the complaints being made against the police? There needs to be a recognition by the police that they represent the law and need to be following the law and their codes to the letter otherwise faith in the police will deminish and i wouldn't want that to happen, but it is happening and the police aren't doing anything about. they are just ignoring it as if it's not a big deal. which is a bit arrogant as well. which is the main feeling that may of my clients feel towards the way the poilce behave.

anyway enough with the moan.

i better get back to my holiday work and see what other complaints there are against the police.