Law Enforcement & Police - March 2007

At our town's annual Scottish fair, Roddy, the head of the town's Scottish chapter puts on a 2 hour interview segment with various guests. There is a good 200 people that love watching these interviews. He invited one of the fair's ground crew on the interview platform, Jimmy, a man of Fiji decent.

Roddy started insulting Jimmy's Polynesian heritage by bringing out pineapples, bananas, and dropping coconuts onto the table, to make Jimmy "feel at home". Jimmy took offense to this and Roddy then attacked Jimmy by smashing him over the head with a coconut and shoving a banana in his face. He followed this up by whipping Jimmy with his belt. Jimmy was knocked woozy which allowed Roddy to leave before Jimmy, now dazed, could fight back.

Nobody will come forward to tell police what happened. Roddy is my friend and I'm worried he may be charged. I'm interested to know, what could he be charged with? He only hit him with fruit and just a little with the belt.

2007-03-26 01:34:13 · 4 answers · asked by Billy Jack H 1

how much notice do police have to give you to be a witness?
like if you were a witness in someones court case how many hours/days do they have to give you before the court case?.
Can they turn up that morning and ask you to be a witness?

.Thanks Alot!!

2007-03-26 00:09:52 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a friend 19 years of age. He has never been in trouble with the law at all. He decided to be an idiot and run from the police last night. I was wondering if this is a felony in Wyoming and what his sentence might be since it would be his first offense.

2007-03-25 22:50:13 · 5 answers · asked by Candy W 1

the police search for someone because this person is on parole, they find him. they tackle him to the ground and beat him, choke him, tell him "your gonna die m_th_r F__k_r! your donna die" they continue to beat him as he yells for help. They arrest him, he has a warrant. The next day they go and pick up the video surveillance tape from the public place this happened at. The defendents sister goes to the place to request the video surrveilance of her brother getting beat by the police & is told that a detective already picked up a copy. he will not give her a copy of the tape. The police report says the defendent injured 6 cops. the cops are big guys. the defendent is 5'8" and not an aggressive or violent person. no history of violence.

Do you think it is strange that in the detailed police report the police do not mention anything about the video tape they picked up?

Do the police have to put EVERYTHING related to the case and all evidence collected into the police report?

2007-03-25 22:43:49 · 12 answers · asked by ♥ Ruby ♥ 2

The occupants of ten and eleven Downing Street have had their own keys for years.

2007-03-25 22:38:18 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I think this would be a good thing because if you were dating some one you knew nothing about or if your kids were going home with friends you,d know wherther to let them or not I think with guide lines this could help protect people.example:If you were dating some one who had been arrested for beating women or family violice you,d know not to before it was to late.

2007-03-25 22:27:36 · 7 answers · asked by barbara * 1

2007-03-25 22:18:50 · 4 answers · asked by panchopnp 1

A) Decline in religion
B) Lack of police on foot
C) Lack of respect to others
D) Materialist society we live in
E) Not given harsh enough sentancing
F) Envy of what they perhaps dont have
G) Lack of jobs and or decent salaries
H) Drugs related - taking or selling

PLEASE SELECT ONLY YOUR MAIN CHOICE and reason of choice.

2007-03-25 21:43:45 · 13 answers · asked by deep in thought 4

My boyfriend recently got arrested for section 39 assault. He has a caution for assault already. He is at the magistrates on Friday and would like to know what to expect? Will he go to prison?

2007-03-25 21:24:44 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

My friend was driving in town A (I dont remember the names, it was a while ago) and it was close to town B, but it was not in town B. There was a cop driving in town A, but he was from town B. My friend was speeding in town A, and the cop from town B pulled him over and gave him a ticket. Is that legal? How does this jurisdiction thing work exacly. Thanks.

2007-03-25 21:18:19 · 4 answers · asked by The HSA Guy 2

2007-03-25 19:26:58 · 6 answers · asked by bartmcqueary 3

Hi. This isn't really a question, but i wanna see how far will cops go to pull you over.

I'll start out by saying I got pulled over for having tinted windows. He only gave me a warning , but, its crazy, I get pulled over for this and there are many "soccer moms" with their huge SUV's and minivans, and they never get pulled over for speeding, reckless driving, etc. In Chicagoland, I find those minivans and SUV's the worst drivers.

2007-03-25 19:02:43 · 17 answers · asked by Kristian55 3

2007-03-25 18:57:42 · 9 answers · asked by neoconfire 1

2007-03-25 18:54:29 · 7 answers · asked by lady 5

Can an officer issue a ticket for "Failure to Yield the Right of Way" when he was never at the scene of the event or saw it. He simply wrote the ticket based off another party involved in a car accident?

2007-03-25 18:52:19 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

I know that refusing a breath, urine or blood sample can result in enhanced penalties, but are there any penalties for refusing to take field sobriety tests.

By that I mean the motor skills "stand on one foot" tests.

Can you simply say "Officer, I do not believe that standing on one foot has anything to do with operating a motor vehicle safely. Therefore I am refusing to do that."

2007-03-25 18:50:32 · 12 answers · asked by bartmcqueary 3

2007-03-25 18:19:52 · 22 answers · asked by Sabin 1

I am currently on probation and my boyfriend was on probation too. Just recently he had to go to jail. I really want to go visit him, but I'm not sure (because I am on probation) if that is something i'm allowed to do.... Somebody help me please!!

2007-03-25 18:16:58 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Can the cops pull me over if my Third brake light is out? The one in the center of the rear window. I have a friend who was pulled over for that. Now, my light is out and I find it ridiculous to pull me over for a light, even though the rest of them work

2007-03-25 18:09:01 · 29 answers · asked by Kristian55 3

2007-03-25 17:56:46 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

An police officer filed out his report saying that an individual was speeding in two different speed zones (and this was the reason for pulling the person over). However there is video evidence that two different speed zones did not exist, what, if anything, can be done or filed in court?

2007-03-25 17:50:36 · 3 answers · asked by softballgrl 2

I have a friend who says that the police came to his house and asked to come inside and look for a stolen television. He claims that he said "No." and shut the door.

Can he do that or would they have just busted the door down and arrested him?

2007-03-25 17:47:54 · 28 answers · asked by bartmcqueary 3

2007-03-25 17:40:52 · 24 answers · asked by tenacious 1 2

In Ohio you must be 18 or older to own a firearm. But 21 or older to own a handgun. What is the difference?

2007-03-25 17:25:11 · 11 answers · asked by Samantha G 2

This cop is caught on tape Feb 19th beating the hell out of a 115 pound female bartender after she refuses to give him more alcohol. Check it out and give me your thoughts:

CAUTION *** VIDEO IS VERY DISTURBING!!!! ***

http://www.myfoxchicago.com/myfox/MyFox/pages/sidebar_video.jsp?contentId=2725598&version=1&locale=EN-US

2007-03-25 17:25:03 · 8 answers · asked by yawn 3

I just went to a local convenice store with my boyfriend where he purchased some alcohol. Apparently there was a prison guard in a truck near me and thought it was kind of odd that i pulled around to the side so he called the cops ( i found this out just after from a friend who works at the store) anyways a little while down the road I got pulled over. Chris is 21 and was carded, the alchol wasnt for me but im not 21 yet so i almost got arrested for transportation. Anyways i didnt because Chris said i didnt realise what he bought....but he was arrested for a warrent he already had out. I didnt give them any reason to pull me over....is just the prison guard calling enough probable cause to pull me over alone?

2007-03-25 17:13:26 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

My boyfriend was in a rush to get to work, and so he parked in a handicap area, and put up his old handicap sign on his mirror...(he has surgery 2 years ago, and he changed the date on the sign and put it up on his rear view mirror) well, when he got out of work, he saw a ticket on his window that said "Alterted handicap ticket" i guess the cop recognized that he had changed it. how serious is this offense? he will have to go to court, but is there any serious punishment that he could face? the past year he has been on probabtion due to a ticket he had gotten, and instead of putting points on his record, the judge told him that he is on probabtion for one year, and during that one year he is not allowed to get any ticket...so with this handicap sign issue, he broke his probabtion...so OVERALL story, what is he looking at, and how serious is it? I would really appreciate any real help, I am a little worried about him.. thank you.

2007-03-25 17:12:03 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

I sublet my apartment to an international student. He did not pay rent for the last month and then went to Europe. He will not come back to my apartment. I don't know where he is and I do not think I can find him again. If I report to police, will he got caught at the airport when he come back from Europe?

2007-03-25 16:58:51 · 2 answers · asked by ask_questions88 1

What does this mean?? Deft waives speedy trial demand. This guy was drunk, and did a hit and run killing my boyfriends mom. He has 5 counts aggravated dui/great bodily harm and aggravated dui/death of another. How much time do you think he will do? He's had a couple felonies before but not DUIs, he wasn't even 21 at the time he did it either!! Need some input please!

2007-03-25 16:50:21 · 7 answers · asked by Kit Kat 2

2007-03-25 16:40:05 · 4 answers · asked by Marty 1