Hallo glojo.
Well I wouldn't go as far as that
, but I'm quite willing for you to substitute another hypothetical crime which the Board might ask the RAFP to investigate.
My main aim in discussion with
you is to establish that automatic police
investigation, as opposed to
response has not "always been". Other posters appear to confirm that. There is not a shadow of doubt in my mind that "police primacy" is a relatively new thing. For example when I did the UFSO course on dealing with air accidents, police involvement was covered, but without mention of investigative "primacy" which would surely have been stressed.
I have a private view on whether or not it is a good thing, but take no position here on that. Indeed, it is to calibrate my private opinion that I am trying to establish what drove the change. For example, "a climate of opinion following the Mull of Kintyre investigation". That would help me understand the current position.