Reinvestigations

what I'm working on with my assistant Clara Working assumptions: the two axioms of reinvestigation The first axiom that reinvestigators should adopt is that the police investigate crimes as thoroughly as they can, and are limited in the extent of their investigations only by the availability of resources and operational restraints. We should make it clear that we adopt a fundamental assumption that the police investigate crimes systematically, thoroughly and intelligently, taking advantage of their training, staff with specialised knowledge, methods and systems of investigations, techniques of surveillance, informants (registered and unregistered) and other resources at their disposal. We recognise also that police resources are limited, a factor which may limit the scope of investigations. We acknowledge the competence and dedication of police officers, but not necessarily their integrity. We also recognise that some officers may break rules or fit up innocent suspects, be...