Law Enforcement

  • The miseries of Reading Crown Court

    The status of a Crown Court is more than others, so I’ve been told. It ranks higher because of a proximity to more important issues. This is as far as it got until a staff member cut herself off. She wouldn’t say any more about its goings on.

    In time, I learned a lot more by myself. Not on the legitimate side, but on the criminal end of the stick. It showed me a dimension to law and order that isn’t seen often. It took me into people’s lives. It’s about as much as I will say here.

    The Crown Court in Reading is a good one, but has its shortcomings. They are in some of its staff. They’ve been to blame for much of the goings on in the town. The opportunities people have found has to do with their own criminal efforts.

    It’s never everyone, but a sizeable network was built out of its daily activity. This ramped up crime, and its own lawbreaking is something to behold. As a town was engulfed, work started to dismantle it. It took a long time.

  • NCA trafficking bust

    The NCA has reported 600 lifejackets were seized on Monday in the Netherlands. They were meant as aids to the Channel crossings. Its officers intercepted a 23 year old who had stashed them in a lorry.

    It shows how determined traffickers are. The city of Zwolle, where the agents were, is nearly 6 hours away from the port of Calais in France. The work of law enforcement to defeat this in Europe is extensive.