CEOP Boss Resigns

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Just breaking on the BBC news website now. It appears that the higher-ups at CEOP didn't want to be assimilated as part of the National Crime Agency and so the boss has fallen on his sword so to speak.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11472033

The chief executive of the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (Ceop) has offered his resignation, the BBC has learned.

 

The Home Office confirmed the Home Secretary was aware Jim Gamble had sent a resignation letter to her.

 

The agency said it did not feel it was in the best interests of children and young people for Ceop to be assimilated into the National Crime Agency.

 

The merger proposal was outlined by Theresa May in July.

 

Ceop told the BBC it "does not feel that it is in the best interests of children and young people for CEOP to be assimilated into the National Crime Agency, as was announced a short while ago.

 

"This direction of travel does not seem to have changed and Ceop's CEO, Jim Gamble, has therefore offered his resignation to the Home Secretary with a four month notice period. We are not prepared to comment further."

 

It is understood that Ceop has made representations to the government since the announcement that its work was to become part of the proposed National Crime Agency.

CEOP, for those of you that don't know is a very, very good organisation that takes on child abuse oniine and provides some frightningly good training for schools and staff in this area. I sincerly hope the merger works out for the best as it would be a great shame to see the service it provided removed from the online spectrum.