On Friday I was able to listen to most of 5live's Victoria Derbyshire's interview with Police whistle-blower James Patrick. The episode is currently available on iplayer here, but unfortunately not as a podcast.
Some of his comments include;
Reputation above the truth.
Poor data integrity reflects poor quality of leadership.
Scorecard - we are reducing burglary.
As long as there are senior leaders who believe that a performance framework is the best way to run the Police force rather than record crime as it is ... then nothing will change.
I feel like I've done my job.
The chair of the Commons select committee said police procedures are perverse.
The system is completely defective....permits this behaviour and in some cases encourages it.
A need to show success by showing a reduction in reported crime and an increase in detection.
Leadership by targets is a flawed leadership model.
Targets distort behaviour.
Creates perverse incentives to record crime.
What kind of leadership is it, that has turned a blind eye to the manipulation of crime statistics over a long time?
No surprise ACPO were unavailable for comment.
A response from a PC in Newcastle justifying manipulation - I've got a career, I've got a job, who's going to pay my pension, who's going to pay my wages.
The love of money may be the root of all evil.
How is it driven?
League tables create a means for individuals and departments to rate their performance against each other. A better league position gives a reason for a bigger pay rise. Probably the main reason for the manipulation of the results in UPS. The thing is, if virtually everyone is doing this in UPS then there's no point in cheating the figures and then the only people suffering are the public who are being defrauded.
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