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C. TO PROSECUTE NOBODY AND ASK YOU TO USE CR 55 AGAINST 140
FORTHWITH.
D. TO ASK YOU TO USE CR 55 AGAINST 140 FORTHWITH, FOLLOWING T
WITH PROSECUTIONS AGAINST ABOUT 40 OF THE 140.
7. THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE ADVISED ME THAT ALTERNATIVE B WAS
UNACCEPTABLE TO HIM, BECAUSE IT WOULD MEAN LEAVING 100 INTER-
DICTED OFFICERS IN A STATE OF ANXIETY FOR UP TO A FURTHER YEAR.
THESE OFFICERS WOULD SERVE AS A RALLYING POINT FOR DISCONTENT AND
SUBVERSION AND THE COMMISSIONER'S ASSESSMENT, WITH WHICH
I AGREE, IS THAT THE EARLY REMOVAL OF THIS GROUP OF TROUBLE MAKERS
IS ESSENTIAL TO THE HEALTH OF THE FORCE.
8. I FELT IT DESIRABLE TO CONSULT EXECUTIVE COUNCIL BEFORE
MATTERS WERE TAKEN ANY FURTHER. THIS WAS DONE THIS MORNING
AND THE UNANIMOUS ADVICE OF UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS WAS THAT
ALTERNATIVE D SHOULD BE ADOPTED.
9. THE INTENTION OF THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL WOULD BE TO CHARGE THE
40, AGAINST WHOM CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS ARE TO BE TAKEN, AT THE SAME
TIME AS, OR VERY SOON AFTER, THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THE 140 HAD
BEEN REMOVED FROM THE CROWN SERVICE UNDER CR 55.
10. UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF EXECUTIVE COUNCIL ADVISED STRONGLY THAT
THERE SHOULD BE SOME CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS. WITH THIS I ENTIRELY
AGREE. I AM ADVISED THAT THE PREVIOUS REMOVAL FROM THE PUBLIC
SERVICE OF A POLICE OFFICER UNDER CR 55 WOULD NOT BE A BAR TO HIS
SUBSEQUENT PROSECUTION. IT COULD HARDLY BE ARGUED THAT REMOVAL
UNDER CR 55 WOULD IN ANY WAY PREJUDICE HIS SUBSEQUENT TRIAL SINCE
NO REASONS WOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN, EITHER TO THE OFFICER OR TO THE PUBLIC, AS TO THE GROUNDS ON WHICH HE HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM PUBLIC SERVICE.
11. WE PROPOSE TO PREPARE FILES DEALING WITH THE 140 POLICE
OFFICERS AGAINST WHOM WE WOULD ASK YOU TO USE CR 55 AND TO
SEND THEM TO YOU AS SOON AS THEY ARE READY.
12. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL EXPECTS TO BE IN LONDON ON LEAVE ON
THURSDAY AND HOPES TO CALL ON RUSHFORD TO DISCUSS HOW THE MATTER
SHOULD BE HANDLED.
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