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Scientologists' gifts to police provoke rethink

Title: Scientologists' gifts to police provoke rethink
Date: Thursday, 23 November 2006
Publisher: The Guardian (UK)
Author: Sandra Laville
Main source: guardian.co.uk

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An internal review of the hospitality policy of City of London police was ordered yesterday after revelations that officers had been accepting invitations, dinners and gifts from the Church of Scientology worth thousands of pounds. Details of how the religious movement appeared to be cultivating officers in the force were revealed in a freedom of information inquiry made by the Guardian. Officers ranging from constables to a chief superintendent received free gifts such as invitations to a premiere of Mission Impossible ... [Read the rest at guardian.co.uk]