I have spent many years bringing the abuse of power to the attention of those in authority including the Prime Minister and various Secretaries of State for the Home Office. One of my great concerns about inverting standards in society so that crime and antisocial behaviour are protected and flourish is that crime spills over into the rest of the community from this place of refuge in North Kensington where surveillance technology is used by the criminals against the person who reports their crimes. On the south side of the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea near the Thames John Monckton was murdered in his home by two guys pretending to be delivering a package to gain entry. His wife was left for dead but survived. And, his daughter was traumatised for life. After the trial and sentencing of these two, a report was released today about why the murderer(s) himself was not properly supervised since he had just bee released from prison three months before this crime. He had been serving a sentence for attempted murder. The terrible details are noted below in three articles with links provided. I want to comment upon the failures like this in the various departments of government which I see as endemic to the system. It is only when a horrific crime like this occurs that attention is focused on the problems of the system and then only in a limited way. When I report ongoing problems of a similar nature for many yeas, nothing is done. One of these two murderers came from nearby Shepherd's Bush. It did not surprise me to learn. once again, that a criminal living in this area went to affluent Chelsea to committ a crime. I have to point out that one of them lived in the adjoining borough of Hammersmith and Fulham where Shepherd's Bush is located. This is not precisely North Kensington, but that makes little difference. He was actually barred from going to Hammersmith and Fulham but had been assigned to the probation office there. There is also a problem with respect to finances for the probation service in London and a lack of trained probation officers. Also, in an interview on BBC News24 an interviewee pointed out that only the police can put someone under surveillance and makes the decision with regard to such 24/7 coverage of high risk probationers. While there were many failures noted in this report about the Probation Service, I want to focus my attention on the total waste of resources expended on me, a totally innocent, honest and decent person who has never had any problem with the law, by carrying out 24/7 surveillance for 7.5 years. Last year I sent yet another Email to the Home Secretary Charles Clarke about this situation. I received a letter from an underling saying that I should see a psychiatrist. Shortly before Christmas I sent a fax to the Prime Minister about this situation. His reply from an underling indicated that my letter had been sent to the Home Office. I want you to read below the comments published in The Independent today quoting the Home Secretiary Charles Clarke describing what he was going to do. Obviously, I have no confidence that he is going to do anything meaningful. He can't cover up this catastrophe like he and others at his level have been covering up this gross abuse of power with surveillance technolgoy used against me not for any investigation but as a weapon to fabricate allegations to satisfy the perverted needs of corrupt self-interest: greed, glory and power. One can easily see in this instance that the source of responsibility and accountability is the Home Secretary for both the police and the Probation Service. This is the pinnacle of power where these two organisations are managed with regard to policy. Charles Clarke is taking full responsibility for what has happened with respect to the failures of the Probation Service that led to the tragic death of John Monckton. Charles Clarke can also take full responsibility for the abuse of power carried out by the use of surveillance technology as a weapon in the hands of those reported for crimes. The police are the ones who determine surveillance usage. There has been a Metropolitan Police officer persent and in charge all these years. If Charles Clarke can wriggle out of responsibility for what is being done to me, the Prime Minister cannot. Someone has to be held accountable. The police services are separated by borough in the Greater London area, but they are all part of the Metropolitan Police. The police as a whole will have to justify the extensive use of surveillance against me 24/7 for 7.5 years as of this writing and on an indefinite, ongoing basis. The tremendous waste of financial and human resources is staggering in my situation. Why is it then, that the Home Secretary and the Home Office cannot connect the dots from this terrible waste by the police (and/or security services) to the extreme need of the Probation Service? Now surely this must come up in the budget process which is put together at the Home Office under the Home Secretary for approval by the Chancellor of the Exchequer at the Treasury. Gordon Brown has received much information about this abuse of power too. This actually is the very foundation of their job as regards to policy and resources, isn't it? It is not being done. Why not? Why wait for a tragic death for the deficiencies of the Probation Service to come to light? I submit it's because there is a general rule to cover up everything so people can do what the want for their own corrupt self interest followed by crisis management when a catastrophe occurs which will consist of limiting the scope to the individual situation without connecting the dots. Anyone like me who has been trying to connect the dots for years will be subjected to the same treatment as I've received. That treatment is the destruction of human activity and life itself. Read on with the following articles for the details of this tragedy and especially note Charles Clarke's comments in today's Independent. I think that the "collective failure" includes the Home Secretary, but instead, as usual, four people at the ground level are made to suffer because resources are wasted elsewhere, and no one will connect the dots not even the media. If heads are to roll, this should start at the top. From the BBC News web site Tuesday, 28 February 2006, 15:18 GMT"Murder probe prompts suspensions: [Damien] Hanson killed the banker three months after his release from jail. The probation service has suspended four officers after a report found "collective failure" in the handling of two criminals who killed John Monckton. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4757414.stmFrom The Guardian web site: "Monckton case probation staff suspended " by Mark Oliver and agencies, Tuesday February 28, 2006 http://www.guardian.co.uk/crime/article/0,,1720089,00.htmlFrom The Independent web site "Monckton killing: probation officers suspended" By Neville Dean, PA, published: 28 February 2006http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/article348298.ece where the Home Secretary apologises to the victim's family, takes responsibility and is quoted as follows: The Home Secretary Charles Clarke said the failings identified in Mr Bridges' report were "unacceptable" and that he took responsibility for the case. "The murder of Mr Monckton was an appalling act and when the judgment was finally given, it was obvious that there were major failings in probation and parole in terms of the dealings with Hanson and White," he said. "What it demonstrates absolutely clearly is that there were unacceptable failings in terms of public protection which were the responsibility of the London Probation Service and the Parole Board. "I deeply regret that this happened and pass my full regret and apologies to the family and friends of John Monckton." He added: "I take responsibility and my responsibility is to do whatever I can to make sure it cannot happen again. "I commit myself to bringing about changes in the public protection system." Mr Clarke said he accepted the report's recommendations "unequivocally" but said it was necessary to go still further to ensure confidence in the system was restored. "It is necessary to look very carefully at the way in which we supervise people who were convicted before 2004," he said. "I will report back by the Easter recess." He added that further measures may be necessary to ensure such a tragedy could not happen again. He also said that individual responsibility for offenders was a factor. Mr Clarke admitted there was always a risk element to managing offenders in the community, but gave a guarantee that he would make the necessary changes to ensure a repeat of the Monckton tragedy was as unlikely as possible.*****End of Excerpt from The Independent*****