[Derek]

Originally Posted by Damien

I have to say I am loving this. It seems we will have a lot of corruption dealt with in the police, especially those who work too closely with the media for personal gain, and a much healthier relationship should hopefully be put in it's place.

Apologies for the link coming from the Daily Mail but this is quite a good article.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/ar...-business.html

This ghastly pantomine is what happens when senior policemen think they're running a 'business'

It used to be the case, little more than 20 years ago, that running a police force was reward in itself. In those long gone days, the vast majority would view retirement as a chance to give good advice to serving colleagues, do charity work, or write.

All that changed as policing became a 'business' after 1997, with a generation of senior people convinced they were God's gift to the corporate world. Increasingly, for many, public sector responsibilities have been garlanded with private-sector attitudes and all that entails.