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Hi all, posted this in politics and debates but thought I'd put it here as well, as it involves drugs!
I was recently cautioned by the police for posession of cannabis. I was really shocked at how unprofessional they were, they didn't even tell me their names or which police station they were from which they are suppost to do before interviewing me. At the end of the interview they began to ask me questions saying it was for "intelligence" and basically wouldn't leave me alone until I had given them some details of where I had got the cannabis from. Once they had let me go they drove to the other end of the car park, did a handbreak turn and left! As this was my first experience of "the law" I don't know if they are allowed to do or act like they did, and was just wondering if it is worth me making a complaint about them or will this cause more trouble for me?
Any help would be much appreciated.
I was recently cautioned by the police for posession of cannabis. I was really shocked at how unprofessional they were, they didn't even tell me their names or which police station they were from which they are suppost to do before interviewing me. At the end of the interview they began to ask me questions saying it was for "intelligence" and basically wouldn't leave me alone until I had given them some details of where I had got the cannabis from. Once they had let me go they drove to the other end of the car park, did a handbreak turn and left! As this was my first experience of "the law" I don't know if they are allowed to do or act like they did, and was just wondering if it is worth me making a complaint about them or will this cause more trouble for me?
Any help would be much appreciated.
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let it drop ...nowt worse than complaining about coppers for minor irritating things ...their mates will make your life hell.
TheSite has an info page you can have a look at as well, and here is the page on how to file a complaint - I would highly recommend talking to CAB first though.
You should have been offered a copy of your interview tape, if you weren't you should ask for a copy.
I would say that it is entirely worth complaining. The police should always follow the law, once they dont we're all screwed.
What was he mouthing off about anyway?
Theres very few people on here who can be really offencive. You need to know a little about someone to really offend them. Other wise its just pointless ranting.
But Rolly, if someone doesnt stand up and say, no, this is unacceptable behaviour and shouldnt happen then it will continue.
However, by the sound of it she didnt actually get a caution, they just did an illegal search, nicked her puff and then left.
The way stop and searches are done in the UK is a foul joke, so many of them are illegal.
Under the guidelines here if she was 18 or over then she should have had the search done, the forms filled in and given a formal warning. And thats it.
However under 18 year olds are supposed to be arrested and possibly charged, but the likelyhood is they should get a formal warning too.
I only really bought some because I was in Hawaii and I'd heard such good things about the stuff.
The Fear comes in on you.
most of europe is far more relaxed than the US ...the so called land of the free ...in just about everything.
if the coppers were in uniform at least you know they were real coppers.
never put up with it from cid ...coppers in disguise ...you kneed to lknow your not being robbed.
as for a couple of uniforms ...it might well not be ideal or even propper procedure but ...taking someone down the nick ...filling out bits of paper for a tenners worth of weed?
naa.