The Proposition - Page 30: ‘I know what you’re saying. In my final days as a detective I investigated the rape of an eight year old girl. I was about to interview the suspect and had to gain approval for overtime. The boss gave me four hours to finish the investigation. It didn’t matter because I had it finished in half the time. It was the only time in my career a person admitted the offence in the presence of his solicitor.’ ‘When was that?’ ‘1986.’ ‘Nothing has changed.’ ‘How have you retained this investigation for eight years?’ Bundy asked Kate. ‘I think it had something to do with the Commissioner. Did he have some hang-up about children?’ ‘Ah yeah, he was the major investigator of a twelve year old girl who was murdered. I remember the case well. I was at the Computer Branch at the time and accidentally created new investigation tools to use in the field using police computer programmes. This was the first time we used them. The tools didn’t catch the culprit but afterwards we did a little more work, it helped with other investigations.’ ‘Did you have anything to do with the change?’ ‘A little – you’ve got to understand in those days computers were in their infancy and police were reluctant to use them, particularly the older more senior officers. I wanted each police officer, from the top down, to understand the programmes on the computer. For instance, the vehicle of interest system; if an officer had modified this section when he received information about a vehicle, perhaps the young girl the Commissioner investigated wouldn’t have died. I don’t know but it certainly went against my grain. Police should have known about computer programmes as much as I did. There were no excuses.’ Bundy’s thoughts returned to the time saddened by the fact - ‘ignorance was no excuse’.
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