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[Adrian Midgley]

On Wednesday 05 March 2003 12:07, you wrote:

> >The Police therefore have not prevented the commission of
> >further crimes with the equipment in question by the person
> >under question.
>
> It is standard practice for the police to prevent "drunk
> drivers" leaving the police station if they believe that they
> are still unfit to drive viz: they are still reading over
> 35mg/100ml when tested

This is different, there is an objective measurement involved,=20
and also perhaps some question of whether someone intixicated=20
and newly arrested and facing a world of trouble should be=20
turned loose on their own before they have had a chance for it=20
to wear off and their head to clear.

An area of correspondence there would be preventing someone=20
suspected of downloading illegal pornography from doing so any=20
more by holding them in the cells, and this would seem=20
disproportionate.


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