A policeman's lot is not a happy victim
A policeman’s lot is not a happy one, as Sir WS Gilbert so memorably wrote. Little wonder, then, that the police seem to enjoy helping victims more than they do catching criminals. Those objectives are not incompatible, of course. But when there is no prospect of bringing a suspect to justice, a police investigation cannot be justified by saying it will make complainants feel better.
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7 年Good piece Joshua. Without being callous, another factor is the police have limited resources. It involves no disrespect to any victims of anything Heath did (should they exist) to suggest that solving present day sexual assaults - of which there are appallingly large numbers - should have priority.