scourge of drug-dealers dies from heroin overdose

[Pickman's model]

A Met police officer renowned as a scourge of London drug dealers was found dead in his flat from a heroin overdose.

David Pilling - who was known as “Robocop” for his efforts in tackling drugs - was found collapsed at his home in Camden earlier this year.

An inquest heard yesterday how the 47-year-old died from an overdose from a heroin injection while his body also had traces of cocaine and Ecstasy use.

His sudden death shocked friends, colleagues and family none of whom had any idea he took drugs.

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when i stopped laughing about this, it seemed to me that there have to be questions asked about his previous arrests for drug offences - ie those he arrested. it would be interesting to find out whether certain dealers seemed immune to him. it would be interesting to find out what company he kept out of hours. it would be interesting to find out (tho unlikely to come to light) if the amount of drugs people arrested had mysteriously shrank between arrest and booking in.

 

[butchersapron]

RIP scourge of London drug dealers.

 

[Belushi]

Who's going to protect us now?

 

[Blagsta]

blimey! clients at the drug service I used to work at in London used to talk about robocop a lot. They all hated him. They'll be laughing now!

 

[DotCommunist]

define situational irony.

 

[chainsaw cat]

Is Irvine Welsh writing this thread?

 

[Intastella]

PC Pil(l)ing



Sorry

 

[Fruitloop]

causality recursion win

 

[Carousel]

PC Pilling? Commander Clout? April's come early.

 

[DotCommunist]

Bobby Brown

 

[tar1984]

It's like that film Narc. I bet there were a few dealers who had immunity for sorting him out.

 

[Belushi]

Bobby Brown

Win

 

[Pickman's model]

PC Pilling? Commander Clout? April's come early.

DAC Dick

 

[xes]

It's like that film Narc. I bet there were a few dealers who had immunity for sorting him out.

either that or someone gave him a dose of his own medicine.

 

[Yelkcub]

People use drugs recreationally without their colleagues knowing, less so heroin perhaps? Looks like the bloke was hypocrite unless someone he upset got to him. That seems more like a film plot than likely reality though.

 

[detective-boy]

People use drugs recreationally without their colleagues knowing, less so heroin perhaps? Looks like the bloke was hypocrite unless someone he upset got to him. That seems more like a film plot than likely reality though.

Seems a bit odd ... but it is not the first time a cop has fallen to serious drug abuse and I doubt it will be the last.

Previous cases have involved: cop gets involved with junkie in sexual relationship ... drug abuse starts from there; cop gets involved with drugs after long exposure to people who don't seem to be unduly affected by it (not seen that with heroin though); cop gets jealous of the money earned by the drug dealers they keep ineffectually nicking and so get involved in dealing ... and use starts from there; cop working undercover takes drugs to maintain cover ... and abuse starts from there; cop working in particularly stressful role (undercover again in the two cases I know of) takes to using drugs as a result.

It's possible that someone he nicked got to him and dosed him up ... but I wouldn't expect that to be likely.

I would expect that an enquiry will be having a little look at some of his drug related arrests in case of missing evidence, etc. (and I suspect that any number of his previous convictees will now be queueing up to appeal their case on the basis of this development (justified or not)).

 

[Divisive Cotton]

How mad is this! He must have been knicking people and taking their gear off them for himself

 

[Jonti]

It seems to be well known that there's a vast amount of recreational drug use and dependency in the medical profession as well. And I've been shocked - shocked I tell you - at the attitude of many middle class middle aged women to swapping and sharing their prescription drugs with friends.

Classic "it's alright for us, but not for them" thinking.

 

[Rod Sleeves]

How mad is this! He must have been knicking people and taking their gear off them for himself

I think it would be easier to do deals with one or more individual low to mid level dealers.

If anyone who he had nicked and confiscated stuff off complained he could have been fucked.

Brilliant story anyway.

 

[killer b]

PC Pilling? Commander Clout? April's come early.

our chief inspector is called cath thundercloud.

i think she's married to a native american.

 

[Jonti]

I think it would be easier to do deals with one or more individual low to mid level dealers.

If anyone who he had nicked and confiscated stuff off complained he could have been fucked.

Brilliant story anyway.

Why would you complain about being charged with possessing a smaller quantity of illegal substance than you could have been?

 

[Yossarian]

From the BBC: Detective Inspector Paul Clack of Camden Police said: "The whole thing has been a complete shock to everyone. This came out of the blue. There was no major incident in his life that might have prompted this. In fact he was always very active in arresting people in possession of drugs."

Sounds like he was pretty enthusiastic about his job!

 

[Pickman's model]

Why would you complain about being charged with possessing a smaller quantity of illegal substance than you could have been?

which is why i said in the op it would be unlikely for such to come to light.

 

[Rod Sleeves]

http://www.facebook.com/s.php?q=David+Pilling&init=quick#/group.php?gid=76109775840&ref=search

lol.

You have to be looged in to see it.

 

[Jonti]

The courts take into account the amount of ready cash found as well, I believe. Again, the guilty as charged has no cause to complain, if the evidence given to the court is less substantial than it might have been.

 

[Rod Sleeves]

The courts take into account the amount of ready cash found as well, I believe. Again, the guilty as charged has no cause to complain, if the evidence given to the court is less substantial than it might have been.

Yep, that's exactly how the mind of a weasal small scale dealer works, to take that into account. I might be wrong, and maybe he was just using confiscated drugs, but I doubt it, I suspect it would be easier to just go and buy some probably with a copper's discount but nonetheless buy it. Less complications.

 

[Jonti]

Yeah, I'd just take the money, myself

 

[shagnasty]

Off topic a little but by all accounts elliot ness died an alcoholic.you see people with dependency problems and think there for the grace of god go i.I take six prescribed drugs but would not take anything that was not prescribed for me ,but you can get anything over the web from sleepers to hypnotics quite legally

 

[Pickman's model]

 

[subversplat]

Off topic a little but by all accounts elliot ness died an alcoholic.you see people with dependency problems and think there for the grace of god go i.I take six prescribed drugs but would not take anything that was not prescribed for me ,but you can get anything over the web from sleepers to hypnotics quite legally

Sleepers are hypnotics....

Anyway, yes I agree that dependency is a real problem facing many good people, but in cases like this, with such a bitter and rich irony, I can't help but have a chortle at the guy's expense.