A politically correct agenda foisted on the police by,er,politicians maybe. Cyril Smith. He was a politician wasn't he. Course you know he is don't you. You are the one continually urging us to buy his book. There will probably be some more high profile cases arising from police investigations and they could well be MORE politicians. A few years ago, particularly, in County Constabularys it was the local government and watch committees that the Chief Constables had to dance to their tunes.
If certain politicians kept their noses out of police investigations more cases could well of been uncovered. Political meddling for their own nefarious reasons hampered the police a lot of the time. It was common knowledge within Thames Valley Police,according to an aquaintance who served their,that an arrest was to be made on Saville. The detective who had amassed more than sufficient evidence was told to drop the case or else by a most senior officer who,in turn, had political pressure placed upon him.
Don't continually blame the police because of BBC links.Think about blaming political meddling and hindrance.