Police raids

[David Swarbrick]

David Swarbrick, www.lawindexpro.co.uk
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> >
> > Great. So the police will be able to grab whatever they like and you
> > may get it back at some time in the distant future, when they get
> > round to looking through it and when they thern get round to
> > returning what they feel like.
>
> That's not quite how it works.

Simon,

You may say that is not how it works,but having seen how th epolice deal
with seized material over very many years, that is exactly how it works -
and time and time again.

>
> Substantial - five and six figure - damages were paid out in the
> two cases I
> dealt with. I'm sure you, David, would have liked the individuals involved
> to have been jailed for their poor decision making.  Perhaps if they had
> intended to act unlawfully I could understand that.  They just did their
> jobs poorly.  We probably all do that from time to time.  Certainly their
> careers were affected.  In one case the very senior officer
> responsible for
> the search left the organisation he/she had been with.  Jumped or pushed?
> Who can say.

Perhaps it will improve.