Adult strategy

Ah IntenseWorld, in an honest world.....maybe. But this is the police - it is patently obvious he was being protected.

I should say I have an ambiguous perspective of the police. I've worked with the police a lot, and there's a lot of very decent officers out there doing a dedicated difficult job.

But there's a lot of dross - probably moreso than in any other organisation - and there are some really appalling people working for the police. And they seem to have no mechanism for rooting them out - indeed the police seem to "breed" bent coppers.

I was just unlucky. The individual who assaulted me was clearly supported by colleagues so any attempt to get his actions dealt with fell on stony ground. I did get injury compensation though, but it hardly paid for all the travel into hospital for repair and recovery of the use of my arm.

My assailant continued to pass me every day. Despite having distinctive features and a distinctive bike, they seemed unable to identify him. On one occasion they questioned a fat man on an old bike. My assailant was tall, this and gaunt faced, with a very flash bike.

In the end I took to trying to follow him, and that's how I worked out he was employed at the cop shop. I tracked back along his route so he passed me earlier than he would, progressively, day by day. In the end, perhaps owing to my detective activities, he disappeared.

At one point my complaints resulted in a meeting with a very senior police officer who assured me he would take the matter on. He retired the following week.

As I say, I know a lot of hard working genuine police officers and I admire and respect them. It doesn't change my overall view that most police forces are corrupt and signally fail to regulate themselves.

Ah IntenseWorld, in an honest world.....maybe. But this is the police - it is patently obvious he was being protected.

I should say I have an ambiguous perspective of the police. I've worked with the police a lot, and there's a lot of very decent officers out there doing a dedicated difficult job.

But there's a lot of dross - probably moreso than in any other organisation - and there are some really appalling people working for the police. And they seem to have no mechanism for rooting them out - indeed the police seem to "breed" bent coppers.

I was just unlucky. The individual who assaulted me was clearly supported by colleagues so any attempt to get his actions dealt with fell on stony ground. I did get injury compensation though, but it hardly paid for all the travel into hospital for repair and recovery of the use of my arm.

My assailant continued to pass me every day. Despite having distinctive features and a distinctive bike, they seemed unable to identify him. On one occasion they questioned a fat man on an old bike. My assailant was tall, this and gaunt faced, with a very flash bike.

In the end I took to trying to follow him, and that's how I worked out he was employed at the cop shop. I tracked back along his route so he passed me earlier than he would, progressively, day by day. In the end, perhaps owing to my detective activities, he disappeared.

At one point my complaints resulted in a meeting with a very senior police officer who assured me he would take the matter on. He retired the following week.

As I say, I know a lot of hard working genuine police officers and I admire and respect them. It doesn't change my overall view that most police forces are corrupt and signally fail to regulate themselves.