Elveden is particularly important here; in an environment where journalists are weaponising private information for smear articles with no real public interest justification, any information the police can easily get at may be leaked by bribed police.
UK trust in the police is still generally pretty high, but the War On Terror erodes trust everywhere it touches.
http://new.spectator.co.uk/2015/03/the-shocking-truth-about-...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Elveden
Elveden is particularly important here; in an environment where journalists are weaponising private information for smear articles with no real public interest justification, any information the police can easily get at may be leaked by bribed police.
UK trust in the police is still generally pretty high, but the War On Terror erodes trust everywhere it touches.