Cpncerned - you have to take people as you find them. You've found the police service unsatisfactory. Well I have, on occasions - every action is open to a negative interpretation./

I'm sure my father would have been one of the first to agree with you about the venality and unpleasantness of some officers.   However, he didn't want me to enter the ranks of the cops. he said, it made you too cynical about people.

Can't help being a bit dubious about your tale though. Without any police training.. when I got my house burgled, I saw the utmost caution with which they proceded against the burglar - who was a well known criminal. That they should have raided and ripped apart your house on the basis of no evidence -hmmmm.......

I'm not saying you're a liar. Just that something doesn't quite add up. And you seem very anxious to slag off people who (however unsatisfactorilly) do an important job.