Wow leonora... I am naive as the day is long...... I didn't actually know they did training for this:
I know you said it needs to be discussed elsewhere, maybe you could start a new thread on this topic.... I believe it is very much warranted!
http://www.policechiefmagazine.org/updating-ethics-trainingpolicing-privacy-series-noble-cause-corruption-and-police-discretion/
https://www.policeone.com/chiefs-sheriffs/articles/2003646-Noble-cause-corruption-Do-the-ends-justify-the-means/
I don't think a new thread is needed, but I appreciate your reaction, as there is indeed some evidence that the conspiracy or cover-up may have a higher purpose than the sordid protection of a clever serial killer or powerful group of unpleasant citizens.
(1) The absence of any books about the case written by independent investigators
(2) The myriad of TV films re-telling the whole crazy story that you couldn't make up even if you tried
(3) The systematic trolling of internet discussions like this one
(4) The massive propaganda in support of the poor vilified landlord by the wicked tabloid press
The question for us is whether this imagined higher cause is synonymous with the "national interest" - versus, e.g., the interests of the Netherlands as a nation, mobile EU citizens, the architecture industry? - or merely the desparate protection of the reputation of the police confronted with a serial killer so smart that no one can touch him?
One of the elephants in the room is the problem of "bad law" - law that turns responsible citizens into criminals. Because nobody talks about this, there is no great awareness that all laws contain unethical elements, and many laws, indeed, are 100% contrary to the widely agreed moral values of the jurisdiction that administers them.
As far as I am aware, Mr Clegg didn't break any laws by conspiring with the prosecution, nor did Vincent Tabak break any laws by signing an enhanced statement that he knew to be a pack of lies, in return for whatever agreement his lawyers may have negotiated for him. It is indeed possible that he had committed some sort of white-collar compuper-aided crime, unknown to us, for which he wass morally obliged to serve 9 months sentence in prison.