NtETROPOlff.t\N ?OLlCE SERV1CE Directorate of Professional Standards Specialist Investigations Briefing note regarding matters raised by Paul Page to be subject of review I risk assessment by 5014 SMT The following Royalty Protection Command S014 alleged incidents, have been raised by Paul Page, in his proposed defence to an impending criminal court case. Paul Page states that he was told in advance when job vacancies would arise and was invited to spend the day at Buckingham Palace. Paul Page met influential officers and was provided the 'questions and answers' to his formal interview Officers on relief took it in turns to keep watch while officers on armed posts would sleep._ If a supervisor appeared the watch officer, usually in the control room would alert the sleeping officers via the 'ring around system' i.e. the control room would ring officer 'A' then officer 'A' would call officer 'B' and so on. It was also the case that officers were clearly discouraged from getting involved in preventing and detecting crime outside the Royal Household. If an officer made on arrest not in relation to protecting Royal Palaces it was frowned upon and seen as a depletion of Departmental resources, a quiet word would usually be had with the 'offending' officer. The system was very close-knit and officers wanting to join would be 'vetted' by other officers before their formal interviews. This exercise would entail the potential departmental recruit being invited to spend a day with departmental officers. If they were not deemed popular they would be 'blackballed'. An example of the above was an officer who spent a day on the Buckingham Palace relief who alluded that he enjoyed 'pickling' his own eggs and breeding hamsters as a hobby. That officer did not get into the unit. Officers would on occasion use the palace rooms to sleep off hangovers after a night out on the town. In addition officers would frequently show up for duty and book out or be handed out firearms when clearly still under the influence of alcohol. Drinking was a huge part of the culture within the department. In these incidents officers would not be sent home for being unfit for duty as, it would deplete the shift resources thus drawing it to the attention of more senior officers. Another incident relates to an officer who forged his firearms permit in order to continue armed protection duties. The officer was therefore in unlawful possession of a firearm as well as claiming overtime for what he was not .mtli ll it; I was normally only available tor armed (Illinois, Apparently Ii. In the officer as a consequence. .: m. tiimr illuqud Instance a drunken senior member of the Royal Household .Wiu nth-qt ollimrs on the security post at the Palace complaining he had .l a Gentleman's Club nearby and they would not return his his individual was not the responsibility of the Royal Protection i however, again in contravention of Departmental protocol .tmi um wane ordered to go and retrieve his briefcase. llIIlltur Alleged exam le of th rotocol not bein adhered to . t. Deiedtemh'senior officer to undertake an officer safety test on till] above. had missed his scheduled tests so Paul; Page was told. unorthodony to control this test in the underground car park of the base. Paul Page expressed his concerns to senior officers, but mm ordered in no uncertain terms to pass the officer so he could continue with his protection duties. it was not just the Royalty Protection officers who apparently abused their position, members of the Royal Household also frequently did The biggest uulpnt was Prince Andrewt Prince Andrew would oflen have lady friends come ln visit him, including frequent visits by Ghislane Maxwell, daughter of the disgraced late Roben Maxwell. Very rarely would they have to sign in the note book' when entering the Palace grounds, in direct contravention of Accepted protocol. In addition Royalty officers would be told on occasion to drive these 'lady lriends' home when that was a clear dereliction of their duties When on occasions 'Royaity' officers challenged Prince Andrew and or his guests Prince Andrew as verbally abusive. Any complaints made to the Department were not properly dealt with. There were 'businesses' operating at $014 including selling steroids and hard--core pomegrephy from within the locker rooms at Royalty Protection. The following were nicknames associated with Royalty Protection officers; The 'Don' - Federation Representative and well respected. Monkey Boy - took steroids and was built like a gorilla Dolphin Boy - head was shaped like a dolphin Fagin - unhealthy interest in the Royal Family Danie Nailuon - used to carry a large suitcase and was told it probably had someones head in it Roy tho Rapist - Had this name for some time Elvin - was a part time Elw's impersonator Nonhem Monkey was from Newcastle Jimmy Krankle and Eddie Munster two female officers who looked like those TV characters and were having an affair with each other. Pretty Boy - had bleached hair and took too many sunbeds Pugsley - Overweight and looked like that TV character Mr Dead -looked like he was always standing up-right in a coffin and was 'deadly' boring and dull Doug the Slug ยทยท overweight and lazy Eddie the Hen - always moaning and spitting feathers Barry Norman - as he watched films all day Lee Van Cleef -looked like the actor Subbuteo Martin - looked like one of the miniature figures Mr Angry - he had a short fuse Knuckle head - he looked aggressive Elton John - looked like the singer Mikey the Syrup - combed his natural hair in a way that looked like a wig Two heads - had a split personality MAPS - stood for 'my armpits stink' Dl Michael Orchard Directorate of Professional Standards Specialist Investigations Team 3