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    Four Held Over Payments To Police Officers

    Sky News – Sat, Jan 28, 2012

    Four men including a serving police officer have been arrested over payments to police in the phone-hacking inquiry.

    The 29-year-old male officer was detained at the police station in central London where he works.

    The other three men, aged between 48 and 56, were arrested after police swooped on their homes, Scotland Yard said.

    All four were held under Operation Elveden, which is running alongside the Operation Weeting hacking inquiry.

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    52 comments

    • Rob
      Rob  •  Portsmouth, England  •  3 months ago
      There has been and always will be a few bent coppers in the system, but they are massively outnumbered by the amount of bent politicians.
      • Fred
        Fred 3 months ago
        why are there so many bent police and politicians? they get by the systom do they.How do these people get the jobs in the first place.No good managment to find the good ones
      • KEVIN
        KEVIN 3 months ago
        That makes it ok then Rob does it???
        Fred, they get the job because they have never been caught before so there is no suspicion, simple as that.
        Few, if any of us are above being corrupt in some way, its all a matter of scale.
      • Geoff S
        Geoff S 3 months ago
        Why do you say a few when it should all.
    • raphael
      raphael  •  Manchester, England  •  3 months ago
      Just when will the Murdochs be arrested? They gave permission to hack phones.
    • KEVIN
      KEVIN  •  Birmingham, England  •  3 months ago
      Why does it come as such a surprise that our law enforcement agencies are involved, I thought that would be a forgone conclusion by now! We all have our price! AND YOU ARE A LITTLE NAIVE IF YOU THINK THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SUPPOSED TO PROTECT US DON'T HAVE THEIR PRICE!
    • Parcel
      Parcel  •  3 months ago
      Theres no story here, its been going on for years, it was just covered up thats all!

      Next!
    • I Pay My Taxes
      I Pay My Taxes  •  Leeds, England  •  3 months ago
      No surprise there then.
    • Girosnooty
      Girosnooty  •  3 months ago
      Its all over the country
    • equaliser
      equaliser  •  3 months ago
      AT the end of this expensive saga it will be interesting to see how many police and phone hackers are charged and go to court.
    • take a break
      take a break  •  Hounslow, England  •  3 months ago
      no wonder the young are off balance, no positive influence in school at home and by the people who should be doing the right thing. everywhere the corruption is rife. there are more rotten apples than decent folk. 20 years of Im alright Jack and loo at the state we are in
    • big toby
      big toby  •  Hounslow, England  •  3 months ago
      the policeman is only a small fry bigger fish to catch
      • A Yahoo! User 3 months ago
        Lets bag him anyway and pull on the strings until he coughs up the others.
    • From Luddite Lodge
      From Luddite Lodge  •  Reading, England  •  3 months ago
      Are News International fit and proper people to have such control of the media within the UK?
      I think not.
    • kenneth
      kenneth  •  3 months ago
      the policeman should get the stiffer sentence as he was given a position of trust.
    • A Yahoo! User  •  3 months ago
      Bent coppers corrupt politicians who watches the watchers
    • Peter
      Peter  •  Lancing, England  •  3 months ago
      my guess - one bent copper will be the scapegoat for the rest of the bent police. something like that.
    • les358
      les358  •  Edinburgh, Scotland  •  3 months ago
      Tip of the iceberg
    • Sea Wolf
      Sea Wolf  •  Edinburgh, Scotland  •  3 months ago
      Nothing worse than bent coppers ! They destroy the reputation of the decent majority.
    • XyXyXy
      XyXyXy  •  3 months ago
      The heading states 'police offers' (plural) then goes on to state in the body of the text that only one officer has been arrested. Let's hope that more arrests are made and charges laid, rather than possibly a token scape goat sacrificied on behalf of a much larger number.
      • capn sensible
        capn sensible 3 months ago
        no it do's not,read again, although it is a confused script.
    • Jake24
      Jake24  •  Yeovil, England  •  3 months ago
      There must be evidence that enabled this police officer to be arrested, and not just this one! I wonder when Rebekah Brooks and the Murdochs will have their collars felt? Are we seeing a cover up? Will Cameron be involved somewhere along the way? The last Labour government were in the pockets of the Murdochs and Rebekah Brooks was very friendly with Cameron in particular. This whole charade has been dragging on and on. They do say that rats are one of the best survivors on earth, perhaps that's why many politicians are so good at ducking and diving, they have similar dna. No doubt there will be those that will be made to be sacrificial lambs to ensure the guilty parties get away scot free!
    • RICHARD
      RICHARD  •  Milton Keynes, England  •  3 months ago
      Let,s hope the bent cop dominoes are starting to fall! (fat chance).
    • RICHARD
      RICHARD  •  Milton Keynes, England  •  3 months ago
      Two years ago 2 cops were caught selling confiscated firearms to known criminals,...since then nothing has been heard!
    • Linda Muller
      Linda Muller  •  3 months ago
      Yes more naughty policman.When will they learn that they have a wonderful job to serve the Great British police That was once the best in the world.But now unfortuantly is full or corrupt peple..(NOTICE I NEVER SAID CORRUPT POLICEMAN) because policman are not corrupt it is the people who are acting as policeman.The management is to blame they cant sort the good from the bad anymore. So where is our wonderful British Bobby gone??.We are coming like mexico and all the corupt police in spain . PLease management dont let it happen
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