Why do officials cover up failure of police to use tips and information that would have led to the rescue of m?

Question

This is just one case...with a happy ending, thank Goodness...that has come to light...

Can you even imagine how many tragic other cases remain closed in some police file because of nothing but
the incompetence of police authorities and officials with vested interests ???

Portugal comes to mind....

Austrian officials covered up failure of police to use tips and information that would have led to the rescue of Natascha Kampusch within weeks of her kidnapping in 1998, it has been disclosed.


Leaked documents show that Liese Prokop, Austria’s then Interior Ministry, knew that police had possessed an accurate description of the Miss Kampusch’s kidnapper and the car he had used within days of the 10-year old’s disappearance but had not followed up on the information.

Miss Kampusch eventually spent eight years in captivity, locked in a hidden cellar by Wolfgang Priklopil. Later this week, the now 22-year old is to publish her memoirs across Europe.

A month after her abduction on March 2, 1998, police had stopped Priklopil in his white van, which matched a detailed description of the vehicle used to snatch Miss Kampusch, but did not detain him. At this point Priklopil was preparing the reinforced cellar that became Miss Kampusch gaol but the large amount of building materials in the vehicle did not arouse suspicion.

Two weeks later a police dog handler reported his belief that Priklopil, who he had described as a “Lone Wolf” was the kidnapper, providing his address to police.
After Miss Kampusch escaped in August, 2006 officials denied that any information had been passed to the authorities. Behind the scenes Mrs Prokop, who died later that year, was determined the information would not emerge before a general election, looming in October. One set of documents revealed that the head of Austria’s serious crime unit personally instructed the dog handler not to reveal his role in 1998.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/austria/7985104/Natascha-Kampusch-Austrian-officials-covered-up-police-failure.html

Answer 1

They have so much information,on so much crime but not enough resources to check everything.

It's always happened Faith,and probably always will in some form or other.

Answer 2

Indian society is fueled by corruption. no longer something gets finished except somebody is paid off or given some style of repayment. so some distance as th united kingdom being quiet, they could no longer know adequate yet. Or they could desire to do their very own analyze via fact the Indian government famous it embarrassing and needs to comb it under the rug.

Answer 3

I don't know why, this is not the first case I've heard about where someone could have been rescued earlier. Lazy, incompetent, budget pressure, political pressure, any reason.

Answer 4

because often they don't go for the obvious, and look for clues outside, where its often under their nose, plus incompetence, and laziness, as we know not the first case of its kind, and i suspect it won't be the last. I have read some of the serialisation in my paper and it doesn't make easy reading.