He said: “They held us all in bed and shouted ‘show us your hands, show us your hands’ and that was when they asked us how long we’d lived there. “I told them we’d only moved in three weeks ago and very quickly they were like ‘oh…have you got any ID?’
“We all showed them our IDs and then they realised they had the wrong people, they started sort of chuckling about it.”
You'd think they'd be embarrased and apologetic, wouldn't you? If you were living in a cave watching only reruns of 'Dixon Of Dock Green', that is...
Ollie was then asked if he had any drugs in his room, to which he replied yes, his privately prescribed cannabis for mental health purposes. He said the officer questioned whether his prescription was legitimate. Ollie lodged a formal complaint to Sussex Police about the raid and the querying over his medical cannabis.
So having bust in to the wrong address, they decided to compound that by going on a fishing expedition?!?
The force sent a formal letter to Ollie confirming they were not pursuing the issue due to the small amount found.
Oh, not because they screwed up again and it was legal. Say, why didn't they know that, anyway?
The letter also said: “I am afraid that police officers cannot be expected to know about every aspect of every law which affects UK citizens.”
*blinks*
Interesting. What happened to ignorance of the law is no excuse.
ReplyDeleteIf it's good for the goose.....
Excellent find.
ReplyDelete“I am afraid that police officers cannot be expected to know about every aspect of every law which affects UK citizens.”
ReplyDeleteThat is true but I would expect them to have a broader knowledge than the average Joe. With enforcing the law being their actual job I would expect them to be a bit less clueless than they appear to be.
"The letter also said: “I am afraid that police officers cannot be expected to know about every aspect of every law which affects UK citizens.”"
ReplyDeleteWell that's fair enough. After all there are thousands of laws on the books, nobody could possibly know them all. I wonder how that excuse would go down in court if I happened to be charged with a crime.
Isn't there some rule that stops them searching for evidence if they've entered the wrong property? In America, they could've found a dead body and would have been unable to do anything about it
ReplyDeleteThese were specialist drug ring busting policepersons, so they would know the law as it applied to drugs in all its forms.
ReplyDeleteOr were they just the Hate Hurty Words Squad bored with trawling the Interwebs, who just fancied a bit of a letch at students in bed? While looking all macho in black kit.
I have worked long and hard to expose corrupt and useless plod. These days, they don't even care that their main vices are universally known.
ReplyDelete"What happened to ignorance of the law is no excuse."
ReplyDeleteGone the way of the dodo, clearly!
"Excellent find."
These things often find me... ;)
"...I would expect them to be a bit less clueless than they appear to be."
Well, indeed! But is it ignorance? Or something else?
"I wonder how that excuse would go down in court if I happened to be charged with a crime."
Let us know if you should ever be in a position to try it!
"Isn't there some rule that stops them searching for evidence if they've entered the wrong property?"
The 'fruits of the poison tree' rule? It doesn't stop them searching, but it makes whatever they find inadmissable.
"Or were they just the Hate Hurty Words Squad bored with trawling the Interwebs..."
You might say that. I couldn't possibly comment... 🙂
" These days, they don't even care that their main vices are universally known."
Why should they, when consequences are so rarely forthcoming?