REPORTING A CRIME............

Albert Burgess
To report a crime, first make sure you know what it is you wish to report.
Get your allegation clear in your head and have your evidence ready.
You can go into a police station in person, or you can phone the crime in (although I do not
recommend that), you can ask a police officer to come to you (the advantage of this is that you
are comfortable in your own home and he is a guest in your home and has to be on best
behaviour), or you can stop an officer in the street.
Insist the officer records it as a crime and get a crime book number.
If the officer refuses to record the allegation as a crime, point out to him that this is a serious
neglect of duty, and in the case of an allegation of treason, it is the criminal offence of Misprision
of Treason.
If the officer has refused to record the allegation or his superiors have thrown it out, you should
go in person to a police station (if you're not already there), ask to see an Inspector or above rank
and submit a formal allegation, against the officer or officers who refused to record the original
allegation, of a serious neglect of duty. In the case of treason, you should also submit a formal
allegation of the criminal offence of Misprision of Treason, for which you require a major crime
book number.
The Inspector will ask if you are prepared to accept an informal resolution. Your answer should
be "no, not at any price."
In the event that the professional standards department throw it out, write to the Chief Constable
telling them that you are reporting a serious crime which you require investigated.
In the event the Chief Constable refuses to do anything to see the allegation is investigated fully,
go to your next nearest police force and report all the officers who have refused to investigate
your allegation of Treason for the criminal offence of Compounding Treason and ask for a major
crime book number.
You should have a witness or two with you, one of whom will take contemporaneous notes. You
should ask the officer to read and sign the notes as an accurate record, he will probably refuse.
Make a note of his name, shoulder number and rank, and you and your witnesses should sign and
date the note.
Notes should be started by the day, date, time, and place and those present.