But he says just as worrying, is the string of unjustified complaints made against him by members of the public.

My parents' letter, with the standard two-line refrain from my father, irritated me by its tone of unjustified complaint.

For PC Roddy and hundreds of other officers, the helpline means they no longer have to face the trauma of unjustified complaints alone.

The traditional view is that the opprobrium against sycophants was attached to the bringing of an unjustified complaint, hoping to either obtaining the payment for a successful case, or blackmailing the defendant into paying a bribe to drop the case.