I wouldn't waste my time and the time of everybody else by going through the tedious, mind numbing and spirit crushing process of filing another MET police misconduct complaint, but when the officer who is meant to be investigating and collecting evidence of crime instead deliberately goes out of his way to not collect obvious CCTV evidence, something really wrong is happening and you need to make a complaint.
Last month, when I got the malicious injunction nullified, the guy that has been tormenting me came to the courthouse just to torment me some more.
The judge believed his presence alone was a breach of the ASBW, not to mention the clear intention to contact us, which is why she ordered that either the police should instruct him to leave the building, or she would make the hearing a private/closed session.
He had quite literally parked his black van mostly in a side road right next to the building, practically in the middle of the public footpath, he tried to make contact as we were walking past to get into the building..... the guy has a ASBOW which literally says that he is not to make contact with us either directly or indirectly.....He is clearly still obsessive and fixated and his actions are designed to intimidate us. So we believe all the above is covered by the 'indirectly' in his ASB warning, and the judge agreed with us!
So of course we immediately tell the investigating officer who then proceeds to go out of his way to not only fail to investigate in a timely fashion but actually went out of his way to find the only CCTV camera which didn't catch the event, then told us in writing that was no CCTV of either the other guy or us.
This is of course a completely ridiculous statement to make and which is easy to categorically disproof.
We're talking about a county court so there is going to be a lot of CCTV, and just the ideal that there is supposedly no CCTV coverage of a security checkpoint where the guy had no other choice but to pass through, not once but twice, is absolutely absurd.
Despite the almost comically obvious fact of multiple CCTV cameras pointing directly at where his distinctive van was sitting too! There's even clear signage saying that CCTV is operational in the area, one of these signs is directly below two very obvious CCTV cameras attached to the side of the court building!
No doubt by now, 24 days later, all of the evidence, that would otherwise be available to prove the offence, will now likely have been lost. (And every additional wasted day, it is that much less likely to remain available) There is nobody to blame for this comically stupid oversight but the officer who play any reasonable account seems to be going out of his way to not do his job or is actively destroying evidence.
"Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2024 7:49 AM
Subject: RE: Mr [Deleted] ASB Warning - update 13 December
Dear Mr Hart,
Thanks you for your account of what happened the other day.
I am currently in Kingston and I will try and make contact with the CCTV controller here to see if they capture the incident where he has shouted from his van.
This is highly unlikely to have enough evidence to prove that he was shouting that to you, but I will have a look to see if there is footage that I could use to evidence a breach of the ASB warning."
"Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2024 2:02 PM
Subject: RE: Mr [deleted] ASB Warning - update 19 Jan 24 // 25 Jan 202
Dear Mr Hart
Firstly sorry for the delay in getting back to you. I am now back in Wimbledon and have finished my attachment in Kingston.
In regards to the CCTV at the Court, the camera on St James's Road does not pick up the attendance of yourself or Mr [Deleted] as it is at the opposite end of the road."
The guy is either incompetent or he is going out of his way to deliberately ensure evidence is ignored or worse destroyed. There is absolutely no excuse for this sort of shoddy police work other than incompetence or deliberate indifference.