Three sides to the Deep Throat story

There are two sides to every story and this is all three of them.

One side begins with an anonymous caller to Inside Cover who seemed to know his stuff.

“Because they’ve caught a number of the bosses down there at headquarters, or their assistants, the local section was given a directive not to put the cameras there anymore,” Deep Throat said.

“Headquarters” was a reference to police headquarters in East Perth and “bosses” was the description for senior commissioned officers based at the crescent-shaped building near the WACA Ground.

The claim was that speed camera training classes doing their roadside practical on Plain Street, East Perth (near the intersection of Bronte Street), had nabbed some of the top brass.

“They pinched too many and were told verbally not to put it there again,” the source suggested.

“A number of people in management at the camera section were quite unhappy about the order and where there’s smoke there’s fire.” IC: When was the directive given? Caller: The 3rd of March. IC: So, even though it’s training, the fines are enforceable? Caller: Yes, they have an experienced operator with them. Unfortunately, the source said there was nothing in writing about the alleged directive but it was “common knowledge” at the camera section. The other side of the same story goes like this. For too long now, the training has been done in the same place purely because it was conveniently located across the road from the traffic branch head office.

A directive was given for those running the training to find other locations so that the roadside police presence could be on display elsewhere.

There’s no conspiracy and no pressure from a penalised senior officer.

A wise policeman once told IC that there were actually three sides to every story — his side, her side and the truth somewhere in between.

So, which side are you on?