To: Bret. Gov - CDI

[The Kingdom of Bretonia]

Message Class: Textual
Encryption: Buckingham
To: Mr. Hunt, Dylan, CI Timson, H
From: Adrian Wallace, Home Secretary

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Mr Hunt,

Unfortunately, I must remind you that private corporations, even those under Crown ownership, are not law enforcement organisations. As a result, I cannot, and more importantly will not, make it policy within the House of Bretonia for officers to hand over confiscated materiel to any private corporation.

You must understand, confiscated materiel is vital in the prompt and effective investigation of a crime. This decision is based entirely on providing our officers the greatest opportunity to create a successful case in readiness for handover to the Crown Prosecution Service.

That said, I recognise the vital importance of experts in various fields in understanding the intricacies of various crimes, and would encourage Constables of the Police Authority, and by extension the Civil Defence Initiative, to rely on said experts and their expertise in the course of their investigation.

Chief Inspector Timson, I would request a further investigation into the mentioned incident. I would consider this a less than acceptable outcome, though I will await your formal review.

I would suggest that the Police Authority and Civil Defence Initiative make use of Bretonian Mining and Manufacturing or Borderworlds Exports vessels in the transport and/or disposal of items in excess of the BPA/CDI's available transport capacity.

On further review, I see the law does not currently allow for this, and whilst Officers are granted the authority to make appropriate judgement calls in the field, I see the benefit of codifying this in law. I am currently penning an amendment that will make this formally allowed, for the avoidance of further doubt.

I trust the above is sufficient, thought please direct any further enquiries to my office.

Adrian Wallace
Home Secretary
Kingdom of Bretonia

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