Can the police be “done” for wasting police time?

webglynne · 22-01-2010, 17:45

Can the police be “done” for wasting police time?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1245261/Trial-deaths-GOLDFISH-collapses-police-evidence-blunder-costs-taxpayer-thousands.html

Benipete · 22-01-2010, 18:18

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Originally Posted by webglynne

Can the police be “done” for wasting police time?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1245261/Trial-deaths-GOLDFISH-collapses-police-evidence-blunder-costs-taxpayer-thousands.html

The police don't have any money

only what the public give them

wadey · 22-01-2010, 20:47

It's the CPS who decide what goes to Court it is nothing to do with the Police

webglynne · 22-01-2010, 23:27

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Originally Posted by wadey

It's the CPS who decide what goes to Court it is nothing to do with the Police

But the police gather the evidence and they did not provide that for the court.

MargaretR · 23-01-2010, 01:51

One sensible policeman decided that our money should not be used to investigate the death of some goldfish.

That sounds very rational to me.

The ones who wasted the police time and our money are the Crown Prosecution Service

jaysay · 23-01-2010, 10:03

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Originally Posted by MargaretR

One sensible policeman decided that our money should not be used to investigate the death of some goldfish.

That sounds very rational to me.

The ones who wasted the police time and our money are the Crown Prosecution Service

Amen to that Margaret

webglynne · 23-01-2010, 11:48

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Amen to that Margaret

Agree with that margaret but finger prints where taken so a degree of valuable police time was wasted, it cannot all be laid upon the C P P.

How many break ins do not have finger prints taken?

mattylad · 23-01-2010, 12:55

Anyone arrested gets their fingerprints (and DNA) taken as a matter of procedure.

Someone should have looked at this & said "WHOA!, stop whats happening & consider a warning etc".

Just preparing a case for this will have cost loads more than the fish were worth.
There has to be some common sense used when prosecuting someone & there are other ways of dealing with such petty crimes.

katex · 23-01-2010, 13:20

This woman (although .. ok, not proved guilty or anything) does sound a bit scary ... wouldn't like her to make me a cocktail if I had crossed her...

Smacks of Fatal Attraction.

jaysay · 23-01-2010, 14:01

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Originally Posted by katex

This woman (although .. ok, not proved guilty or anything) does sound a bit scary ... wouldn't like her to make me a cocktail if I had crossed her...

Smacks of Fatal Attraction.

I bet she is really a Red Head kate

webglynne · 23-01-2010, 15:22

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Originally Posted by mattylad

Anyone arrested gets their fingerprints (and DNA) taken as a matter of procedure.

Someone should have looked at this & said "WHOA!, stop whats happening & consider a warning etc".

Just preparing a case for this will have cost loads more than the fish were worth.
There has to be some common sense used when prosecuting someone & there are other ways of dealing with such petty crimes.

A word from a police officer could have done in this case. Anyone know who the fish belonged to or why she had access? More to this than meets the eye?

Edit! I wrote meats.

Less · 23-01-2010, 16:03

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Originally Posted by webglynne

A word from a police officer could have done in this case. Anyone know who the fish belonged to or why she had access? More to this than meets the eye?

Edit! I wrote meats.

Do you know, if you'd searched for them, you would have found many trivial threads of this ilk on accyweb.

GypoDec · 23-01-2010, 21:59

The police basically do as they please and no-one can challenge them lol,... or so they think.

Was out tonyt and got stopped and searched SEVEN times whilst walking less than half a mile from the kings arms to the spread eagle.

Eventually got fed up and kicked up a fuss which ended up with my dad turning up lol. Harrassment is what it is, because they had no right to stop me so many times.

jaysay · 24-01-2010, 08:55

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Originally Posted by GypoDec

The police basically do as they please and no-one can challenge them lol,... or so they think.

Was out tonyt and got stopped and searched SEVEN times whilst walking less than half a mile from the kings arms to the spread eagle.

Eventually got fed up and kicked up a fuss which ended up with my dad turning up lol. Harrassment is what it is, because they had no right to stop me so many times.

All depends what you were doing

GypoDec · 24-01-2010, 10:37

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Originally Posted by jaysay

All depends what you were doing

absolutely nothing Jaysay,... now im no agnel and i dont make out i am,.... but i was doing nothing wrong whatsoever.