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Originally Posted by Vieil Homme
There are two thoughts on this. One where our British Police are wonderful and honest, then there is the truth. As Russ said no officer is going to stick his/her head above the parapet they will support what their sergeant tells them and the sergeant will do what his/her inspector tells him/her and so it goes on.
Look at the cases where people have been in Prison and let off due other evidence found proving the Police officer was making up a pack of lies to fit the crime. The officers concerned in most cases go on long term sick and then retire from the Force/Service and are not prosecuted.
This must not happen with the officers who lied and made false statements. Some of these officers would have retired and some would have risen in the ranks. All of them should be arrested and put before the Magistrate.
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Slow down a bit ,It is not right that officers either gave false evidence or embellished reports to give a false impression and should be dealt with ,but there is a big difference between giving false evidence to get someone locked up and what happened at Hillsborough.One thing that the attorney general will have to decide is what crime if any has been committed and i daresay that will involve trawling through the statements and reports to see what was reported and what actually happened and as far as i know changing reports is not a crime ,perhaps Derek can clarify that