It appears that corruption in UK Police forces is a major problem. AAC have received massive amounts of documentation from a number of people regarding Police corruption in various parts of the British Isles. However time constraints prevent AAC from putting this information onto the WWW. However one thing is certain, and that is that Police corruption is a serious problem in Britain and that the authorities there refuse to face up to the problem. AAC even have evidence of UK Police officers committing perjury in Australian court cases. Details of some of this is in the book, More Victoria Police Corruption - Hoser Files 3, which is due out in mid 1999.

A letter from a correspondent is reproduced below as it succinctly shows the difficulties in fighting Police corruption in the UK.

Identificatiion information has been removed at the correspondent's request following further police harassment arising from AAC posting this letter on the World Wide Web.

UNIVERSITY of XXXX
XX Road XXX
Tel (0XXXX) XXXXXX

Flat XXX
XXXXX Street
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
England
United Kingdom

30th January 1998

TO/ Raymond T. Hoser
Kotabi Publishing
P0 Box 599
Doncaster
Victoria 3108
Australia

Phone: +61 412 777 211

Dear Raymond

I am very sorry for the delay in sending you this literature. Additionally let me apologise in advance for not getting in touch with you via your e-mail. This is mainly because I have been tied up preparing for my final examinations this January gone and have been unable to concentrate my mind on other matters.

Now that is all out the way I can devote more time researching one of my main interests which is Corruption and Cover-Up with special reference to policing and judicial matters.

My full name is (DELETED), but my friends know me as (XXXX)i, I have just recently graduated from University with a degree in (XXX) but do spend quite a bit of my time researching the issue of police wrongdoing with a view to establishing a long term campaign (if I can acquire the resources by which to do so, as so few people take an interest in such a subject). The primary reasons being that corruption is a serious problem here too, in the United Kingdom but unfortunately like in many countries is swept under the carpet, usually to save the police from any bad publicity.

Strangely enough a few police chiefs are prepared to talk about it and do admit it is a significant problem but at very worst make out as though it is nothing more than just a 'few rotten apples'. They are also pressing for changes in the Law but as yet have been unsuccessful. This is due to the fact that the Police Federation (police's union) is firmly against the proposals put forward by senior officers because it refuses to accept there is any problem with the current system already in place, although it rarely ever brings any officer to justice. For instance, no more than 20 to 30 police officers on average are ever convicted of a criminal offence every year (out of a total of almost 130,000) and as usual this is only in cases where the accused officer was caught in the act and no cover-up was possible. Furthermore, officers that commit offences that constitute being 'bent for the job' are very rarely ever bought to account for their actions.

Take, for example, the recent number of high profile miscarriages of justice that have just come to fight. Despite the appalling scandals only on one occasion were officers ever charged, but not convicted, with perjury and perverting the course of justice even though victims had served up to seventeen years in prison for crimes they could never have committed. For further information regarding these cases please refer to the enclosed book I have sent you in addition to the reports and various newspaper articles.

The reports relate to the Police Complaints Authority, the so-called independent body set up to oversee internal police investigations. From reading them you will notice that they contain more buftshit than anything else as investigations are conducted so secretly and discreetly it is virtually impossible to have any confidence in them.

Although I don't rely on the media as a source of reliable information I do collect most relevant articles, usually for reference more than anything else and have therefore sent you copies of my most important ones. Again you will notice from reading them that the police over here are too responsible for serious crimes such as manslaughter and do subsequently get away with them scott-free.

I would be grateful if you could take the time to read or glance through the enclosed items and even more so if you could send me some information regarding the work you do in Australia as it would be very interesting to compare the type of corruption that arises here in the United Kingdom to that in the Australian states. As well as the methods/techniques adopted to combat it etc.

I do sincerely hope that I have provided you with some useful literature and in turn welcome your views, please feel free to e-mail me on: XXXXXXXXX (though these days I only ever check my e-mail about twice a month due to me no longer being required to attend University). If I can be of any further assistance to you or your campaign please do not hesitate to get in touch with me at the above address.

Yours sincerely

XXXXXX

THERE IS A BOOK WHICH SURVEYS POLICE CORRUPTION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM

It is called Bent Coppers by James Morton and has reprinted at least four times. It is published by Little, Brown and Company and Warner Books, c/o Little, Brown and Company, (UK), Brettenham House, Lancaster Place, London, WC2E 7EN, England. Phone: (UK) 0171 911 8000 International callers should ring +44 171 911 8000.

The book is 396 pages, paperback and costs about 8 pounds sterling in the UK or $20 in Australia.

The Hoser Files - The Fight Against Entrenched Official Corruption is full of graphic details, including, names, photos, etc.. It is about Police corruption in Australia. It has 322 pages and costs $20 (U.S. or Australian currency) It's available from Kotabi Publishing, PO Box 599, Doncaster, Victoria, 3108, Australia (Add $5 per book postage).