How Much Credit to Police?

[Tani]

When you read the police's thoughts on the case, whether in memoranda, letters, casefiles etc. how much stock do you put into these?

How reliable do you find certain pieces of information, opinions, and rumours?

How much stock ought we put into these writings when reviewing the case?

For ex. Kosminsky as suspect; the police putting faith in DB letter; Met vs CoL Police on graffito etc.



IOW how much weight on a given topic do the words of police carry in your opinion?

[The Rookie Detective]

I think the MacNagthen Memorandum, that was written to counter the idea of Cutbush having been Ripper, is the main reason why Curbush is today often overlooked as a potential Ripper suspect.

Macnagthen essentially gets Cutbush off the hook.

[John Wheat]

When you read the police's thoughts on the case, whether in memoranda, letters, casefiles etc. how much stock do you put into these?

How reliable do you find certain pieces of information, opinions, and rumours?

How much stock ought we put into these writings when reviewing the case?

For ex. Kosminsky as suspect; the police putting faith in DB letter; Met vs CoL Police on graffito etc.



IOW how much weight on a given topic do the words of police carry in your opinion?

The info is unreliable. At the end of the day if the Police at the time were that good they would have caught Jack.