tattoodguy said:
jonathan - so ur saying their is no burdan of prooof for police to search your house? they can search houses randomly? they need a warrant? what do they have to prove in order to get a warrrant?
you acknoledge under the law -- police can only search you if they have reasonable suspician etc if they violate this rule dont u think they should be fired?
Shouldnt there be consequences when the police abuse their power.
You answered your question.
They are usually repremanded. It's like any workplace, if you make a mistake, generally you wont be dimissed, however deliberate acts are dealt with seriously, especially in the police.
As i todl u before, i was searched for pretty much no reason - shouldnt that officer be punished? Shouldnt there be laws in that case to fire police for this misconduct?
Pretty much no reason - this in my opinion does not justify the sacking of police officer. If you are so out there with anger toward police, why didn't you question the officer? There are laws, and as I said, contact the PIC and they will advise you, yet you wont because you know either you were in the wrong in the first place or the officer's actions were justified.
I think thats why corruption flourishes, because we dont believe criminals - the polices word always over rides that of an alledged criminals -- which is unfair, because police can lie like any other citizen. and when they do things wrong, they are not punished reasonably -- that just invites them to become more and more corrupt.
You didn't answer my question on whether you know about corruption review and it shows you avoid my questions. And I will add to this police get it tougher than you mate.
I think police mostly only get busted when the other officers dob them in - and since their partners could be corrupt as well that doestn happen. Thats why we have so much corrupition, we dont have the systems in place to stop them.
Evidence? Many people file claims to the police for review. I can tell you this straight out, my father was in the Internal Affairs and Special Crime Division of the Police for a while. Every complaint is thoroughly reviewed, even small things.
Jonathan - ur opinion is police have a very important job with obviously special responsibilities. Why when when they commmit crimes or abuse their power or are corrupt, arnt they treated as very serious offenders.
THEY ARE! It's just you don't see that, because you have an assertion that wont change.
Using government powers to abuse citizens and to create injustice - thats equivelent to murder or pedofelia etc. Police abusing their power is one of the worst crimes in my opinion. Do you think we let them off too easily?
DO you think that I have answered these questions?
Do you acknoledge police get special treatment under the law?
Yes, it's called an aggravating factor and it increases the severity of their punishment.
I showed u that case, where an officer was on alot of charges for sexual assult and he was given bail- i dont think the gang rapists and other people on serious charges would get bail.
Think again. Many people get bail, not all cases are reported in the Law Reports let alone in the media.
I think there has been cases where officers have turned informants and dobbed their mates in and then all the officers turn on that dude and victimise the informant? have you heard of such a thing?
if so why? what do police have to hide?
I have heard of such thing, and why do they hide, because those officers have committed an offence and like many criminals, they would pretty much hide.