After author, and former spy, Frederick Forsyth complained about getting a speeding fine, a top Met Police officer had a simple message for him.
Forsyth, a former spy, said the East German secret service would have “salivated with envy” at the surveillance powers of police in Britain today.
In his letter to the court, the best-selling author chastised the Met for “hounding an old codger” for driving over the speed limit, rather than solving burglaries. Nick Ferrari at Breakfast on LBC quizzed top Met Police cop Assistant Commissioner for Special Operations Matt Twist.English author, former journalist and spy Frederick Forsyth CBE complained about being caught speeding.The bestselling author wrote: “Fifty years ago, being bilingual in German, I used to slip through the Berlin Wall on errands for the Firm.
“The East German Stasis would salivate with envy if they had the surveillance powers of the Met today. “So in a capital with 500 unsolved burglaries there are ample time, wherewithal and staff to hound an old codger driving at 7 mph over the limit. As Huxley remarked; Ah brave new world!!”"A response from a senior officer of the Met," Nick said.The Assistant Commissioner went on to reveal the force does not even have access to most of London's CCTV cameras.
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