The Met disgracing themselves again

Offering an incentive to the police force for effectively doing what they are there to do in the first place is probably a morally wrong in today's society, it seems like a bit of a throw back to the "wanted: dead or alive posters, Reward £*****". However legally i cant see a problem with this, its not a bribe.
 
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Certainly not a bribe when they didn't get anything like the mentioned amount.

in the end the Met received no money from its agreement, except for a £4,000 contribution Virgin made to the costs of overtime for its officers. An £8m payment was ordered to be confiscated from the fraudsters, which if paid will go to various state agencies.
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It's still a story. The incentive was there, whether paid/received or not. If it changed or influenced the way in which the police worked or prioritised anything, then it is definitely something that should be brought to light (and, in my opinion, stopped from happening again.)
 
"The lord chief justice has warned police that they risk damaging their image of independence after Scotland Yard acted on behalf of big business in a private prosecution during which they received a promise of money."

Police independence? ACPO and Met Commissioners have been in it for the wonga for decades.
 
Terminal_Boy said:
"The lord chief justice has warned police that they risk damaging their image of independence after Scotland Yard acted on behalf of big business in a private prosecution during which they received a promise of money."

Police independence? ACPO and Met Commissioners have been in it for the wonga for decades.
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As has any and every working person in the history of the human race. I think you need to clarify that statement a bit :p
 
Another indication of the rise of the corporatocracy.

Loving the naysayers with a better grasp on the sutuation than the Lord Chief Justice
 
Dj_Jestar said:
Fixed. :)
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Do you have any evidence of that or is it guilty until proven innocent?

The only comment on actual work would be that the met got money for the overtime. That suggests to me this work was in addition to normal policing. Which in itself is kind of sad, a business has had to pay extra for the police to do their job.
 
Woden said:
Do you have any evidence of that or is it guilty until proven innocent?

The only comment on actual work would be that the met got money for the overtime. That suggests to me this work was in addition to normal policing. Which in itself is kind of sad, a business has had to pay extra for the police to do their job.
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Err, yeah... read the article?! :confused:

The offer may have impacted how the Police go about their business, the public's perception of how the police go about their business, and the possibility of this kind of incident becoming more prolific. That's the entire premise of the article and this issue.
 
I don't see a problem with it, at least they would have an incentive, where at the moment they don't have any incentive. As long as it is done openly and the police are not bending the laws to help the party then i don't see the problem.

When this sort of thing becomes a problem is when big business is asking the police to go after their competition on frivolous charges. If someone or something are already breaking the law and the police just don't prioritise because they too busy eating doughnuts and writing penalty notices, then maybe its not so bad.
 
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