M,I.5 Persec ution wh y won' t th e Br itish polic e do the ir jo b and p ut a st op to i t?

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The British police obviously do. know what is taking place. Besides my
interpretations of what individual. officers have said which forces that
conclusion,. it would be inconceivable for them to be unaware of something
on this. scale.

If they know, then they will know. that the abusers have broken laws in the
UK and. abroad. Recently the UK introduced laws against electronic spying
which carry a penalty of several years jail if. caught. If the police know
illegal harassment is taking. place, and do nothing about it, then they are
failing in their. responsibilities.

Last Easter (1995) I went into the local. police station in London and spoke
to an officer about the harassment against me. But I couldn't. provide
tangible evidence; what. people said, in many cases years ago, is beyond
proof, and without something. to support my statements I cannot expect a
police officer to take. the complaint seriously.

The current situation with regard to the police. is not one which allows a
breakthrough in dealing with the problem.. On the one hand, most individual
officers at a local police. station may not know about the ongoing assaults,
so a complaint at that level will not yield results.. Yet the police as an
organisation do know of the harassment, and they must be aware. that a
complaint has been made at a police station. So it. is clearly their duty to
take preventative action against the. continuing molestation, but because
the criminals. are operating on behalf of a state agency, the police are not
carrying out their. duty.

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