Soon after the robbery Scotland Yard underwent a major purge of corrupt police officers. A number of senior members of the government resigned following revelations about the activities at Sonia Bern’s brothel. Michael X was hanged in 1975 in Trinidad for the murder of Gale Benson. His file in the British National Archive remains classified until 1st of January 2054. Porn King Vogel was jailed for eight years for crimes unrelated to the robbery. Hakim Jamal was murdered in Boston in 1973. The murders of Guy and Bambas were never solved. The loot taken from the Baker Street Bank was thought to be in excess of 4 million pounds, more than that of the Great Train Robbery. Over 100 safe deposit box holders refused to identify their losses from the robbery. The Bank Job 2008 starring Jason Statham & Saffron Burrows & Richard Lintern & James Faulkner & Stephen Campbell Moore & Daniel Mays & Alki David & David Suchet & Georgia Taylor & Michael Jibson & Peter Bowles et al, director Roger Donaldson, caption
Punk-ass, bitch-ass, crook-ass cop. Training Day 2001 starring Denzel Washington & Ethan Hawke & Scott Glenn & Tom Berenger & Harris Yulin & Raymond Barry & Cliff Curtis & Dr Dre & Snoop Dogg & Macy Gray & Charlotte Ayanna & Eva Mendes et al, director Antoine Fuqua, bitch to Hawke
Quack: How did you know he was a cop?
Billy: Bad haircut. No dress sense. And a slight sense of scumbag entitlement. The Departed 2006 starring Jack Nicholson & Leonardo DiCaprio & Matt Damon & Ray Winstone & Martin Sheen & Mark Wahlberg & Vera Farmiga & Alec Baldwin & Anthony Anderson et al
There is no-one more full of shit than a cop. ibid. Billy to Quack
We think Costello’s got a spy inside the Special Investigation Unit. ibid. Staff Sergeant Dignam to Billy
You’ve been with us for seven years now. You’re a cop. We’re the bad guys. Time to accept our fates. You can’t blame me. Your Inspector Wong killed my dad. Infernal Affairs II 2003 starring Anthony Wong & Eric Tsang & Carina Lau & Francis Ng & Edison Chen & Shawn Yeu & Hu Jun & Joe Cheung & Arthur Wong & Teddy Chan et al, directors Andrew Lau & Alan Mak, Ngai to mole
If there’s one thing worse than a cozzer, and that’s a bent cozzer with a big truncheon. Big Fat Gypsy Gangster: Bulla The Movie 2011 starring Ricky Grover & Omid Djalili & Tulisa Contostavlos & Steven Berkoff & Peter Capaldi & Rufus Hound & Rochelle Wiseman & Laila Morse et al, director Ricky Grover
We say the man in uniform is a pig, not a human being. The Baader Meinhof Complex 2005 [Der Baader Meinhof Komplex] starring Moritz Bleibtreu & Martina Gedeck & Johanna Wokalek & Nadja Uhl & Simon Licht & Alexandra Maria Lara & Susanne Bormann & Bruno Ganz et al, director Uli Edel, Ulrika
Looked more like the police. Father? The League of Gentlemen 1960 starring Jack Hawkins & Nigel Patrick & Roger Livesey & Richard Attenborough & Bryan Forbes & Norman Bird & Terence Alexander & Richard Attenborough et al, director Basil Dearden, Mrs Boyle the landlady
I’m a fucking Judas cop. State of Grace 1990 starring Sean Penn & Ed Harris & Gary Oldman & Robin Wright & John Turturro & R D Call & John C Reilly & Joe Viterelli & Burgess Meredith & Marco St John & Mo Gaffney & Deirdre O'Connell & Thomas G Waites et al, director Phil Joanou, him to her
Experience has taught me never to trust a policeman. Just when you think one’s all right, he turns legit. The Asphalt Jungle 1950 starring Sterling Hayden & Louis Calhern & Jean Hagen & James Whitmmore & Sam Jaffe & John McIntire & Marc Lawrence & Barry Kelley & Anthony Causo et al, director John Huston, Doc
Let me put it this way. It’s not anything strange that there are corrupt officers in police departments. The dirt they’re trying to clean up is bound to rub off on some of ’em, but not all of ’em. Maybe one out of a 100. The other 99 are honest men trying to do an honest job. Listen ... [One by one, flips switch on rozzer’ radios behind him broadcasting crime reports] I know you’re police reporters and you hear this all day long, but I want you to listen with your conscience, not just your ears. We send police assistance to every one of those calls ’cause they’re not just code numbers on a radio beam, they’re cries for help. People are being cheated, robbed, murdered, raped. And that goes on 24 hours a day, every day in the year. And that’s not exceptional, that’s usual. It’s the same in every city of the modern world. But suppose we had no police force, good or bad. Suppose we had [flips off all four radios] – just silence. Nobody to listen, nobody to answer. The battle’s finished. The jungle wins. The predatory beasts take over. Think about it. Well gentlemen, three men are in jail, three men dead, one by his own hand. One man’s a fugitive – and we have reason to believe seriously wounded. That’s six out of seven, not bad. And we’ll get the last one too. In some ways, he’s the most dangerous of them all. A hardened killer. A hooligan. A man without human feeling or human mercy. ibid. commissioner
You people are just like the Mob. Married to the Mob 1988 starring Michelle Pfeiffer & Matthew Modine & Dean Stockwell & Mercedes Ruehl & Paul Lazar & Alec Baldwin & Joan Cusack & Ellen Folley & Oliver Platt et al, director Jonathan Demme, Angela to rozzers
The Mob is run by murdering thieving lying cheating psychopaths; we work for the president of the United States of America. ibid. rozzer
Internal Affairs is the most important division on the force where the cops are the cops – we set the tone. Internal Affairs 1990 starring Richard Gere & Andy Garcia & Nancy Travis & Laurie Metcalf & William Baldwin & Annabella Sciorra & Elijah Wood & Michael Beach et al, director Mike Figgis, boss to Garcia
Of course you can trust me; I’m a cop. ibid.
Crooked cops – do they come any other way? Payback 1999 starring Mel Gibson & Gregg Henry & Lucy Alexis Liu & Deborah Kara Unger & David Paymer & Bill Duke & Jack Conley & John Glover & James Coburn et al, director Brian Helgeland, Gibson
You guys are all bought and paid for. Everybody knows that. You cops are a nickel a bunch. Hustle 1975 starring Burt Reynolds & Catherine Deneuve & Ben Johnson & Paul Winfield & Eileen Brennan & Eddie Albert & Ernest Borgnine & Jack Carter & Colleen Brennan & James Hampton & Catherine Bach et al, director Robert Aldrich, Marty
The rozzers were there again. The Great St Trinian’s Train Robbery 1966 starring Frankie Howerd & George Cole & Dora Bryan & Reg Varney & Raymond Huntley & Richard Wattis & Terry Scott & Eric Baker & Jean St Clair et al, directors Sidney Gilliat & Frank Launder, schoolmistress
Rozzers! ibid. Howerd
Cops. I saw fucking cops. Caught in the Crossfire 2010 starring Adam Rodriguez & 50 Cent & Richard T Jones & Michael Matthias & Lyle Kanouse & R D Miller & Brain A Miller & Sydney Hall et al, director Brian A Miller, Michael to rozzers
Why you double-crossing buzzard – you’re a cop. Notorious 1946 starring Cary Grant & Ingrid Bergman & Claude Rains & Louis Calhern & Leopold Konstantin & Moroni Olsen & Reinhold Schunzel & Ivan Triesault & Alexis Minotis & Wally Brown & Fay Baker et al, director Afred Hitchcock, her to him
Sir Robert Mark who as London’s top policeman was on a mission to clean up Scotland Yard. The Lost World of the Seventies: A Report by Michael Cockerell, BBC 2012
Faced with evidence of widespread corruption, [Robert] Mark pledged to purge all bent detectives from the Force. ibid.
He found Scotland Yard a secretive Masonic place with its own in-bred culture. ibid.
Mark’s prime target for reform was the Flying Squad. ibid.
The CID alone would no longer investigate corruption charges against its own officers. A-10 was run by the uniformed branch. ibid.
The Commissioner took dramatic action: in a dawn raid Bill Moody was arrested – he’d been head of the dirty squad and worked for A-10. Also arrested was Ken Drury, the Flying Squad chief who had been on the sunshine holiday with [James] Humphreys. The biggest fish of all was Commander Wally Virgo, who was in overall charge of both the Porn and Flying Squads. Humphreys claims he paid Virgo £2,000 in cash every month. ibid.
600 police officers who left Scotland Yard prematurely during Robert Marks’ five years at the top. ibid.
I watched racism manifest itself in the way service was provided for white people in rich areas – it was very different than the way police service was provided for black people or poor people. Ronald Hampton, executive director US National Black Police Association
Just a cunt-stable? Al Murray: The Pub Landlord: My Gaff, My Rules, Playhouse Theatre London
If the British police force kills someone he has to kick him to death, doesn’t he? ibid.
This is the story of police officers not helping you because they can’t be bothered. This is story of sexism at the heart of the police. This is the story of a female police officer who believes her own force doesn’t help victims of rape. This is the story of a public institution frustrated by endless paperwork. And this is the woman who went undercover to show you the reality of policing in Britain. Dispatches: Undercover Copper ***** Channel 4 2006
Nina’s discovered officers often watch DVDs while in the station at night. ibid.
These officers are supposed to be patrolling the M1. Instead, they drop around to Nina’s house. ibid.