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The Case Against ACPO - A Critical Look At The Association Of Chief Police Officers


Its growth has taken place without any parliamentary debate and without being subject to public scrutiny, and its decisions are largely taken in secret.


ACPO has also been involved in blatant party politics, demonstrating a shocking political bias toward the previous Nu Labour administration, enforced “multi-cultural and diversity” programmes amongst police forces across the country — all funded of course by the British taxpayer.


ABOUT THIS REPORT


Over the pages that follow, we have collected many of the news items, articles and summaries written about ACPO, either from public media sources or from the archives of the Thin Blue Line site. http://theinbluelineuk.blogspot.com


Hugely unpopular with the Conservatives when they were the Shadow Government, ACPO have done little since the arrival of the Coalition Government to improve the regard with which they are held.


ACPO as an organisation is a massive drain on public funds. The question must be asked and answered – “DOES ACPO SERVE A LEGITIMATE INDEPENDENT PURPOSE AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, DOES THE MASSIVE EXPENDITURE REPRESENT VALUE FOR THE TAX PAYERS MONEY THAT FUNDS IT?”


We would argue that ACPO as a group, has become a divisive self-serving organisation that has proven time and time again, that it does not meet the high standards the public would expect of its most senior police officers. Riddled with controversy over recent years, as the following pages will illustrate, ACPO has become an embarrassing stain on the character of the police service. They have repeatedly betrayed the rank and file officers who serve under their command and numerous examples of profligate spending does not sit comfortably with the public in the current financial climate.


Whilst the articles you will read here may refer to individuals, it is the activities of ACPO as a group that give greatest cause for concern. We can think of many examples of individual Chief Officers who are a credit to their rank, force, junior officers and the public they all serve. However, much of the good work that is done by these officers is seriously at risk of being undermined by the continued existence of ACPO in its present format.


The time has come for this unelected, unsupervised and powerful body to be brought to heel and replaced with a legislatively-controlled organisation which can be called to account for its activities.


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