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Skibum346:
--- Quote from: "BadgersRover" ---Nobody should have to accept the abuse, but the problem i raise is that what can you do when a police officer treats you anyway other than with politeness? I have tried the IPCC before and they basically did nowt.
The IPCC failed to take a matter further when we accused a WPC of failing to investigate a crime fully.
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What crime and what action was taken...?
Cassillis:
--- Quote from: "M19 ROO" ---yeah b4 u get one and b4 they even right it out they are supposed to caution you
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Are they :?:
When did this change :?: :?
Yoshi:
Skibum, it was criminal damage, there was evidence that wasnt even collected which gave no doubt who the offender was, they were informed at the beginning about the evidence, there were statements and sms messages sent by the person threatening to do the act prior to committing it and yet the officer in charge did nothing. Took them 3 weeks to actually get hold of the offender to talk to her about it, even though we told them where they could find the person most days and the police didnt bother.
So basically they had enough physical evidence but didnt follow up on it, i thought it was a poor show. We contacted the IPCC who basically just fobbed us off with the usual excuses of the police not having enough time for small crimes etc..........
Lee_D:
--- Quote from: "BadgersRover" ---Skibum, it was criminal damage, there was evidence that wasnt even collected which gave no doubt who the offender was, they were informed at the beginning about the evidence, there were statements and sms messages sent by the person threatening to do the act prior to committing it and yet the officer in charge did nothing. Took them 3 weeks to actually get hold of the offender to talk to her about it, even though we told them where they could find the person most days and the police didnt bother.
So basically they had enough physical evidence but didnt follow up on it, i thought it was a poor show. We contacted the IPCC who basically just fobbed us off with the usual excuses of the police not having enough time for small crimes etc..........
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Are you sure it wasn't a CPS decission? You can't fart these days unless the CPS will support it and I'm not overwhelmed with confidence in what they will / won't run.
SMS messages aren't actually evidence that an individual has done something / said something however they may corroborate other admissable evidence, like the person admitting they sent the message.
I'm not saying that morally it's correct or trying to pluck holes but given I work in the system I know the difficulties and realities rather than just a perception of whats going on.
For instance CPS won't run a case unless there is a realistic chance of the case succeeding. Then consider that the majority of cases have to be proved beyond all reasonable doubt perhaphs the officer in your situation is aware from personal experience what the CPS will run and what they won't, in which case your beef should not be with the officer who at the end of the day is trying to bring as many crooks to justice as possible rather than piling up statements and exhibits for the hell of it and leaving other offenders to continue offending in the mean time?
Of course not withstanding they could just be bone idle wasters supported by a corrupt nanny state system which would be much simpler to say. :roll:
Lord Shagg-Pyle:
CPS=Can't Prosecute Service.
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