The head of the Association of Chief Police
Officers has said three officers accused of giving a misleading account of a
meeting with ex-cabinet minister Andrew Mitchell should apologise.
Sir Hugh Orde said their conduct had fallen "below that
required".
I remember at the time this story
broke over a year ago thinking all Mitchell did was lose his temper, and
yet he was forced into resigning before there was a full investigation into
what actually happened.
Now it turns out the officers
Mitchell had a go at made up what he said and everybody jumped on the bandwagon, massively over-reacted and got Mitchell the sack.
This whole affair is a bit of a
farce, and if there is a lesson to be learned from it’s that it would be a good
idea to wait until all the details are available, instead of jumping on the
first piece of evidence/information assuming it’s accurate and demanding action
be taken as a result. Look what that achieved.
As all the facts are now available
it seems it’s the police officers who are the ones who should be sacked.
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