Fifty police officers across the UK have been arrested as part of a crackdown of pedophiles who pay to access child pornography websites.
Remember when the investigation of the 5,200 Pentagon officials caught buying child porn was abruptly halted because officials said they didn’t have the resource to prosecute everyone? Probably not it was just a blip on the corporate media’s radar but here’s a refresher.
5,200 Pentagon Employees Bought Child Pornography, Investigation Halted After 8 Months
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CNN reports on revelations that over 5,200 pentagon employees purchased child pornography and after prosecuting a very few officials investigations were halted due to lack of resources while hundreds and possibly thousands of guilty officials got off the hook.
Apparently police in the UK were jealous and felt the need to jump in on the action.
UK investigators say they have arrested 50 police officer’s officers caught doing the same thing.
Let’s see if prosecutors try using the same excuse they don’t have the resource to prosecute in the case as well.
The Intel Hub briefs us on a Daily Mail article.
50 Police Officers Arrested in Child Porn Raids
Fifty police officers across the UK have been arrested as part of a crackdown on suspected paedophiles who pay to access child pornography websites, detectives revealed today.
The officers were among 1,300 people arrested on suspicion of accessing or downloading indecent images of children – some as young as five – from US-based Internet sites.
Thirty-five men were arrested in London this morning as part of the investigation – codenamed Operation Ore – following raids on 45 addresses across the capital.
Of the 50 policemen identified, eight have been charged to date and the remainder bailed pending further inquiries. Scotland Yard said none of those arrested today was a policeman.
At a press conference at Scotland Yard today, Jim Gamble, assistant chief constable of the National Crime Squad, said he was not surprised at the number of police officers among the suspects.
“As police officers, we should expect to be held accountable,” he said.
“Fifty police officers have been identified and we are not hiding that fact. We want you to know about that to reassure you.
“Police officers are member of the communities that they serve and there will be good people and bad people in the police.”
Mr Gamble said the 50 officers were among 1,200 Britons who had been identified as “category one or two” suspects – those who posed the greatest potential risk to children.
Source: The Intel Hub
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