article_snippet.sent: Whistleblower Tony Brookes, a former detective who tried to investigate the abuse, said money was diverted away from protecting the children from rape, trafficking and beatings in order to pursue so-called ‘priority crimes’.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Brookes says the other £8,000 was diverted to spend chasing ‘district priorities, to investigate robbery, burglary and car crime’.
highlights_snippet.sent: Whistleblower says money was diverted away to pursue 'priority crimes'
  Meeting targets on car crime linked to top officers' pay in South Yorkshire .
  