Kudos to Star for digging up this information on the abuse by police force members of the taxpayer’s - funded Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund. Our police are well paid, with benefits that far surpass a majority of workers, many in equally hazardous jobs. To call a policeman injured on duty a “victim” of crime is beyond the pale and stretches credulity to the limit. The police are paid to face work-related risks, and to “serve and protect”. I didn’t think this included lining up at the public trough, while real victims are waiting in line behind them.
In some ways, I cannot blame them for taking what is there for the taking. It should be the task of government to write the law in such a way that this abuse will not happen.
This is not something the public would be aware of –perhaps not even most MP’s. Thus you are performing a much needed public service with your muckraking; whether it is the police or some other organization abusing public money and trust.
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