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The British police obviously. do know what is taking place. Besides my interpretations. of what individual officers have said which forces that conclusion, it would be inconceivable for. them to be unaware of something
on this. scale.

If they know, then they will know that the abusers have. broken laws in the
UK and abroad. Recently. the UK introduced laws against electronic spying
which carry a penalty of several years jail if caught. If. the police know illegal harassment is taking place, and do nothing about it,. then they are failing. in their responsibilities.

Last Easter (1995). I went into the local police station in London and spoke
to an officer about the harassment against. me. But I couldn't provide
tangible evidence; what people. said, in many cases years ago, is beyond
proof, and without something. to support my statements I cannot expect a
police officer to take the complaint. seriously.

The. current situation with regard to the police is not one which allows a breakthrough. in dealing with the problem. On the one hand, most individual officers at a local police station may not know about the. ongoing assaults,
so a complaint at that level will not yield results. Yet the. police as an organisation do know of the harassment, and they must. be aware that a complaint has been made at a. police station. So it is clearly their duty to take preventative action against the continuing molestation,. but because
the criminals are operating on behalf of a state agency, the police are. not carrying out their. duty.

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