Investigation Bloop
Just last week, I, along with other members of our cooperative came face to face with the investigator who went on a fishing expedition in our institute prompted by a letter-request from an ambitious, griping officer. The one-sided report of this grammatically-challenged, claiming to be infallible snoop became the basis of our agency head to issue a cease-and-desist order in the operations of our coop. The run-of-the-mill report caused the spur-of-the-moment decision causing undue injury to the entire organization my husband and I helped build up in its infancy stage.
Lessons learned?
I am not lawyer (I could have been one had I pursued my collegiate studies at UNC where I traded intellectual swords with brilliant minds, chanting “Excelsior! “) but you don’t have to be one to identify a true-blue Perry Mason.
If you want to be a laughing stock of an investigator, take the following pieces of advice:
Be emotionally involved in the case. Do not detach yourself from what you are investigating until it is clear to everyone that instead of being in the middle ground, you have already jumped the cliff of partiality and shamelessly turned yourself from being an investigator to prosecutor.
Proudly exclaim, “Hindi ako maaring magkamali sa imbestigasyon ko! This is my forte.”
Never give the accused a chance to be heard. Giving him due process and his day in court might eliminate your preconceived bias.
Apologize to the accused after indicting him and admitting that you have not done your homework.
Be a blind, non-thinking sucker and axe-man of he who walks the corridor of power, like a leech gasping and panting for blood to keep a sated tummy, and yup, stay on the job.
Now if you are the force behind the investigating team on a fishing mission, here’s what you need to do to shatter your integrity and eventually end up a _ _ _ _.
Judge, judge, judge before getting the whole story.
Accept hook, line and sinker what your investigators feed you even if you know they are as dumb as dumb could be.
Deliver your homily and threaten the weak and powerless to shut them up.
Block your sense of judgment and compassion and send your hatchet man to do the killing for you.
Never mind the law. It can be twisted anyway, and will soon come to “pass”.
NOW, if you were the victim, how would you penetrate the thick walls of prejudgment to get your message across and dangle the truth? How would you get your cry for justice heard?
This is a fallen world. The only thing I can do in such a situation is to seek refuge to the ONE who had suffered the greatest injustice of all, with nary a blemish in his spirit. His command is radical and a bitter pill to swallow. “ Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.” (Matt 5:44)
“Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.” (James 1:2-3).
Lessons learned?
I am not lawyer (I could have been one had I pursued my collegiate studies at UNC where I traded intellectual swords with brilliant minds, chanting “Excelsior! “) but you don’t have to be one to identify a true-blue Perry Mason.
If you want to be a laughing stock of an investigator, take the following pieces of advice:
Be emotionally involved in the case. Do not detach yourself from what you are investigating until it is clear to everyone that instead of being in the middle ground, you have already jumped the cliff of partiality and shamelessly turned yourself from being an investigator to prosecutor.
Proudly exclaim, “Hindi ako maaring magkamali sa imbestigasyon ko! This is my forte.”
Never give the accused a chance to be heard. Giving him due process and his day in court might eliminate your preconceived bias.
Apologize to the accused after indicting him and admitting that you have not done your homework.
Be a blind, non-thinking sucker and axe-man of he who walks the corridor of power, like a leech gasping and panting for blood to keep a sated tummy, and yup, stay on the job.
Now if you are the force behind the investigating team on a fishing mission, here’s what you need to do to shatter your integrity and eventually end up a _ _ _ _.
Judge, judge, judge before getting the whole story.
Accept hook, line and sinker what your investigators feed you even if you know they are as dumb as dumb could be.
Deliver your homily and threaten the weak and powerless to shut them up.
Block your sense of judgment and compassion and send your hatchet man to do the killing for you.
Never mind the law. It can be twisted anyway, and will soon come to “pass”.
NOW, if you were the victim, how would you penetrate the thick walls of prejudgment to get your message across and dangle the truth? How would you get your cry for justice heard?
This is a fallen world. The only thing I can do in such a situation is to seek refuge to the ONE who had suffered the greatest injustice of all, with nary a blemish in his spirit. His command is radical and a bitter pill to swallow. “ Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.” (Matt 5:44)
“Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.” (James 1:2-3).
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