On Friday 12 June I met with the Police officer in charge of the local Taumarunui Police Station, Paul Dowie, and this post contains a copy of my introductory letter to him; a summary of the meeting and a short commentary for the record. It was a big thing for John’s Editor and a big […]
Archives for June 2020
8. The 2014 Crewe Investigation Review
This is a partial discussion of the NZ Police Review, released in 2014 into the investigation of the Crewe murders in and following 1970. The Police investigated their own at the request of a surviving offspring and examined their processes and findings. They concluded that things went wrong way back when; they came to a […]
7. Understanding Endemic Corruption
I describe here how Corruption works to the highest levels in more than one sector then apply this understanding in the case of the Crew Murders cover-up. It’s easy to say, “Yeah! I knew it all the time. Crooked cops!” but how corruption manifests in each discipline is not always easy, nor simple. It’s important […]