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Nickelarse
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Evening everyone, I thought I would share this with you as I thought you may appreciate it.
On Saturday evening (25/02/12) we decided to to go camping locally on the outskirts of our village, there was only a small group of us that consisted of six individuals who all had no previous spent convictions.
We opted for our regular spot that is situated on the banks of the river as we have used it before and there is an abundance of wood that makes maintaining a hearty fire a lot easier.
The evening went off as usual, spent sat around our fire while partaking in some casual whittling/ rudimentary 'carving' - no alcohol was consumed, the whole group remained lucid - we all turned in at around 5:00 am as we all had very little to do on the following Sunday.
At approximately 9:00 am on the Sunday morning (26/02/12) I heard a member of our group having a conversation with a voice that was alien to me, this conversation ended abruptly with a "yes officer".
Following this I decided to remain in the tent as I proceeded to listen to the officers observations, the officer concluded that there were "lots of oil and signs of drug use" on a piece of foil that was left near the fire by a member of the group who had cooked a jacket potato in the glowing embers.
We were all summoned from our tents and asked our details by this solitary officer who then decided that she could smell cannabis in the other tent which was occupied by three members of our group, may I clarify that there was absolutely no drugs in the tent at the time and there had not been at any time prior to this event.
This solitary officer then took it upon herself to conduct a search of a certain individuals bag who was originally inside this tent, first and foremost that is illegal as one must be searched in the presence of another officer who can co-witness the search so as to facilitate the reduction in possible abuses of power and to provide the CPS with more solid evidence to build a case on so as to increase the likelihood of ensuring a safe conviction.
The officer found a seven inch bowie knife, sheathed, that was stowed in the individuals bag and was used to baton wood for the fire.
The individual was told to, and I quote "come to the van and we can sort this out". He was promptly told that he was under arrest....... he was never read his rights.
He was detained for six hours and ended up accepting a caution as he needed to be at work which was opposite the station.
My point is this, the Police are not your friends and the days of 'intelligent policing' are a distant memory - this individual had good reason to be in possession of the restricted article and was not causing alarm or distress to members of the public....... he was even told that it was a "little loophole" by the officer.
We move ever closer to living in a Police state.
On Saturday evening (25/02/12) we decided to to go camping locally on the outskirts of our village, there was only a small group of us that consisted of six individuals who all had no previous spent convictions.
We opted for our regular spot that is situated on the banks of the river as we have used it before and there is an abundance of wood that makes maintaining a hearty fire a lot easier.
The evening went off as usual, spent sat around our fire while partaking in some casual whittling/ rudimentary 'carving' - no alcohol was consumed, the whole group remained lucid - we all turned in at around 5:00 am as we all had very little to do on the following Sunday.
At approximately 9:00 am on the Sunday morning (26/02/12) I heard a member of our group having a conversation with a voice that was alien to me, this conversation ended abruptly with a "yes officer".
Following this I decided to remain in the tent as I proceeded to listen to the officers observations, the officer concluded that there were "lots of oil and signs of drug use" on a piece of foil that was left near the fire by a member of the group who had cooked a jacket potato in the glowing embers.
We were all summoned from our tents and asked our details by this solitary officer who then decided that she could smell cannabis in the other tent which was occupied by three members of our group, may I clarify that there was absolutely no drugs in the tent at the time and there had not been at any time prior to this event.
This solitary officer then took it upon herself to conduct a search of a certain individuals bag who was originally inside this tent, first and foremost that is illegal as one must be searched in the presence of another officer who can co-witness the search so as to facilitate the reduction in possible abuses of power and to provide the CPS with more solid evidence to build a case on so as to increase the likelihood of ensuring a safe conviction.
The officer found a seven inch bowie knife, sheathed, that was stowed in the individuals bag and was used to baton wood for the fire.
The individual was told to, and I quote "come to the van and we can sort this out". He was promptly told that he was under arrest....... he was never read his rights.
He was detained for six hours and ended up accepting a caution as he needed to be at work which was opposite the station.
My point is this, the Police are not your friends and the days of 'intelligent policing' are a distant memory - this individual had good reason to be in possession of the restricted article and was not causing alarm or distress to members of the public....... he was even told that it was a "little loophole" by the officer.
We move ever closer to living in a Police state.
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