In early October I sent a letter to the minister of Police after I had received a ticket for a fabricated offence offence which I defended in court and for which the police later acknowledged they had no evidence for .
I sent an open letter to Judith Collins in which I boldly stated “I expect that you will just cast this aside and I will never hear again” How true
I did however receive this email on Mon 11/10/2010 3:38 p.m. claiming that it had been sent on to the commissioner of police
Well three weeks later and not a word obviously cops fabricated offences is condoned.
Dear Ms Haden
Please find attached a response letter from the Office of the Minister of Police.
Yours sincerely
**** this was left blank ****
Sent of behalf of:
Inspector Scott Spackman
Police Private Secretary I Office of the Hon Judith Collins MP
scott.spackman@parliament.govt.nz I www.judithcollins.co.nz
Parliament Buildings I Private Bag 18041 I Wellington 6160
attached a response letter as below
11 October 2010 Ref: Min 10 / P / 1418
Ms Grace Haden
grace@verisure.co.nz
Dear Ms Haden
The Hon Judith Collins, Minister of Police, has asked me to acknowledge and thank you for your correspondence of 5 October 2010 concerning an infringement notice issued by police.
Your correspondence relates to matters that are the responsibility of the Commissioner of Police. I must point out that politicians cannot instruct Police in operational or employment matters. This is a long standing convention that was enshrined in law with the passing of the Policing Act 2008. It ensures that law enforcement and investigation by the Police remain free of any political influence or interference.
I have therefore referred your correspondence to the office of the Commissioner of Police for consideration.
Yours sincerely
******This was not even signed *****
Inspector Scott Spackman
Police Private Secretary
my reply 2/11/2010
Dear minister.
Several month ago I wrote to you about a ticket which I had received in the Waikato, I had asked the police a number of time to review the claim as I knew there was no evidence .
I defended it in court and won because surprisingly there was no evidence.
I made a complaint to the IPCA who decided that counselling the cop was sufficient.
I wrote to you because I have this strange notion that cops should be honest.
I received an unsigned letter purportedly from Inspector Spackman stating that this was no concern for you and that it has been forwarded to the commissioner.
I do find this unusual because I would have thought that the performance and the manner in which the police conduct themselves would be a matter for the minister.
I therefore ask that this letter be brought to your personal attention . I am posting this with the other back ground information on my blog site https://anticorruptionnz.wordpress.com/
Regards
Grace Haden
Anticorruptionnz's Blog 