Apparently the MET are going to take a different approach to investigation of allegations of sexual assault.
A policy ordering detectives to automatically believe people who claim to have suffered rape or sexual abuse may be dropped, Britain’s top police officer has said, as he battles fierce criticism over his force’s investigations into high-profile figures.
Um… The question here is why such an egregious policy was ever implemented in the first instance. All allegations should be investigated with an open mind. People make up stuff. People make false allegations. Any investigation, all investigations should always be conducted with the possibility in mind. Simply believing the complainant uncritically undermines the whole process and undermines those making genuine complaints.
A good investigator would go and test the accuracy of the allegations and the evidence with an open mind, supporting the complainant through the process.
So why the fuck weren’t they?
I spent a good part of my working life diagnosing faults/problems and the golden rule was never to believe the person that first reported the problem.
Sure their statement was part of the evidence but it needed to be validated if one didn’t want to follow a false trail.
Didn’t the police used to have an ‘ABC’ rule; Accept nothing, Believe nothing, Check everything?
MAYBE dropped. Bet it isn’t ,coppers can’t think like that,or think at all actually. Never trust a copper.
“So why the fuck weren’t they?”
Because they are STUPID, that’s why ……