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February 10th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda - Police used spy camera to watch station kitchen
- Detectives searched cleaner’s home for missing jar of Maxwell House
- Clifford Mendes was sacked after receiving a caution
By
Emily Allen
Last updated at 3:33 PM on 10th February 2012
When a few spoonfuls of Maxwell House went missing from a police station’s kitchen, officers were keen to find out who was helping themselves to their granules.
But it seems the scale of their operation to catch the culprit may have been slightly over the top – after it emerged they set up a spy camera to catch the culprit.
And when CCTV revealed that cleaner of Tonbridge police station Clifford Mendes, 53, had been helping himself to free drinks, his house was searched by detectives keen to get back their property.
CCTV surveillance operation inside Tonbridge police station, Kent, caught contract cleaner Clifford Mendes, 53, pictured, taking coffee
Officers executed a search warrant at his home in Maidstone to track down the jar of Maxwell House coffee and, although they did not find it, he was arrested him.
Following an interview at the police station, Mr Mendes was cautioned for theft and was later fired from his job.
Mr Mendes said: ‘It was just a few spoonfuls of coffee, as I found some had gone from my jar.
‘I just put a little bit back from another one, and that’s what they showed me film of. They kept asking me about bananas that had been taken, but I didn’t take anything else.’
After signing the caution, Mr Mendes found himself sacked from his four-and-half-year job with cleaning contract firm QAS.
And since then he has been unable to find work as CRB checks bring up the caution for miscellaneous theft.
He said: ‘I just signed it because I wanted it to end. It was a nightmare. They never told me about anything else that they thought I had taken; it was just the coffee.
Tonbridge Police Station in Kent where the officers set up a hidden camera to spy on themselves in an effort to find out who was swiping their tea and coffee
‘But now I can’t get another job as it is on my record. I feel as though I have been made a scapegoat.’
Mr Mendes has written to Kent Police’s Chief Constable Ian Learmonth, to appeal against his caution, but was told that cautions are only removed from a person’s record in exceptional circumstances – and that his would stay.
Police say Mr Mendes’ caution related to theft of coffee, a police officer’s shirt, and some petty cash, although Mr Mendes disputes this saying: ‘It was only for the coffee.’
Detective Inspector Chris Benson, from Kent Police, said: ‘Honesty and integrity of these employees must always be upheld. In this instance, a sub-contractor admitted to stealing property from Tonbridge police station on a number of occasions.’
Mr Mendes was given the caution after the coffee incident in October last year.
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Did they go through all the correct procedures before setting up a surveillance operation?
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This is sure to delight many thousands of crime victims who lost hundreds of pounds in home thefts only to discover absolute zero response from police.
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weel, all the serious crime has now ben solved, so clearly they have nothing else to do, have they??
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So you’ll begruge a few spoonfuls of coffee to a clean you employ on minium wage? how petty and selfish is this anyway?
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Detective Inspector Chris Benson, from Kent Police, said: ‘Honesty and integrity of these employees must always be upheld. So would I be right in thinking that as Mr Mendes admitted to taking the coffee although he says It was only a couple of spoonfuls and not the jar. The the perpetrator of the heinous crime of banana stealing is still at large., We should all be on our guard. Next time it could be your banana or heavens above, a satsuma.
Give me strengh.
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Where did the police find time to investigate this incident? There are rapists and murderers roaming the streets, and are yet to be brought to justice, yet the police are not concerned with them,
Maybe they also have time to assist the border agency to ensure those who are here illegally, are captured and deported.
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a police officer citing “honesty integrity”??? those qualities are a rarity in the police service these days
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If you get raped or murdered you can’t get a policeman to arrive within 24 hours but steal their coffee and oh my !!!!!!!
– liz, Florida, ex UK, 10/2/2012 14:24 ++++++++++ How do you suggest it is possible to get a policeman once you’ve been murdered? Via Ghost perhaps?
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This sums up our so called police, pass me my sick bucket.
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Nice to see police resources being used to catch hard line criminals instead of wasting their time on drug, mugging and murder criminals
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