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<blockquote data-quote="OnOff" data-source="post: 374499" data-attributes="member: 16173"><p>I can't go into specifics you'll understand but a close relative WAS for many years a civil servant in a government department that had at their disposal various statutory powers (which my relative in fact help draft new, tougher versions of) whereby they could enter premises with if necessary police back up. The companies they looked at, well we're talking big names in the soft drink and car manufacturing world. As often as not any time the team visited they would be confronted by a wall (quite literally at the front desk) of the companies lawyers. They had some successes too.</p><p></p><p>Part of the brief was UK wide travel and included overnights, liaison with regional authorities, taking witness statements &amp; even stake outs. Some of it was of some potentially nasty characters. So, they had this law giving them much stronger investigative powers. Around that time those powers, in real terms, were shall we say "curbed". Travel, overnight trips and similar expense were simply stopped. Instead, with much fanfare and press invites a "centralised" call centre with banks of computers and operators was set up. Witnesses are now expected to call in and detail stuff over the phone or by email. The personal touch has been lost to such a degree that the stronger powers actually have less effect. A person reporting something is much more likely to put the phone down whereas if you're sitting opposite them etc. Almost as if someone somewhere engineered it................</p><p></p><p>Money talks I guess.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="OnOff, post: 374499, member: 16173"] I can't go into specifics you'll understand but a close relative WAS for many years a civil servant in a government department that had at their disposal various statutory powers (which my relative in fact help draft new, tougher versions of) whereby they could enter premises with if necessary police back up. The companies they looked at, well we're talking big names in the soft drink and car manufacturing world. As often as not any time the team visited they would be confronted by a wall (quite literally at the front desk) of the companies lawyers. They had some successes too. Part of the brief was UK wide travel and included overnights, liaison with regional authorities, taking witness statements & even stake outs. Some of it was of some potentially nasty characters. So, they had this law giving them much stronger investigative powers. Around that time those powers, in real terms, were shall we say "curbed". Travel, overnight trips and similar expense were simply stopped. Instead, with much fanfare and press invites a "centralised" call centre with banks of computers and operators was set up. Witnesses are now expected to call in and detail stuff over the phone or by email. The personal touch has been lost to such a degree that the stronger powers actually have less effect. A person reporting something is much more likely to put the phone down whereas if you're sitting opposite them etc. Almost as if someone somewhere engineered it................ Money talks I guess. [/QUOTE]
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