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Christopher T George
Assistant Commissioner
Username: Chrisg
Post Number: 1646
Registered: 2-2003
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On the A?R Thread, Simon Townsend had asked the following question which seems unrelated to David Radka's theory so I will answer it here.
Chris
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Hello,
I was wondering if someone would be able to help me with where to go next with my paper on "corruption in the police force" during the whitechapel murders. I was wondering if anyone here would know of some source that would I be able to get that would tell me which of the police officers would be more likely to take bribes, and something close to that. As, well if there are any good books that talk bout corruption on the police force or something similar to that idea.. if i can get some feed back it'll be of great help, thanks for your times guys
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Hi Simon:
The Metropolitan Police issued day-by-day Police Orders which report on the conduct of various police officers. For example, one Met police officer that I am interested in, Richard Brown, Warrant Number 72041, E Division, was reported as ‘Not parading on duty; and considered unfit for the Police Force.’ His resignation was permitted under Consolidated Orders, Sec. IV., para 128 to 133, page 488.
As recorded on the website Victorian London Police Research - London Police Divisions, these records can be found in the Metropolitan Police files (MEPO) at the Public Record Office in England, now known as the National Archives--
"Police Orders (MEPO 7) contain notification of personnel matters arranged annually. They are closed for fifty years. Details of officers pensioned, promoted, dismissed and transferred have been indexed for some of these volumes and added to the class (MEPO 7/156-164). An alphabetical index of officers who joined between 1880 and 1889, compiled from the Police Orders of those years (MEPO 7/42-51). Each entry consists of surname with at least one forename, warrant number, date of joining and (where available) date of leaving."
It is thus possible that you could identify any corrupt or wayward behavior by rank and file police officers by the types of activity with which they were charged. Any court cases involving officers, including high-up police officials, charged with more major crimes would probably be found in press reports of the day.
Chris
Christopher T. George
North American Editor
Ripperologist
http://www.ripperologist.info
http://christophertgeorge.blogspot.com/
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