here is a story where a policeman admitted that it is common procedure to plant evidence (firearms, drugs, paraphanelia, etc) in suspect's vehicles!!!!
http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/homepage/abox/article_1371805.php
My question: WHAT THE ****????
2007-03-12 22:28:54 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
this was not an isolated case. If you read the story, he says he was TAUGHT TO PLANT EVIDENCE AT THE POLICE ACADEMY, and that this practice is STANDARD PROCEDURE!!
2007-03-13 01:13:49 · update #1
this is where i read the article, but i copied the source's link.
http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/14/1476.asp
2007-03-13 09:50:49 · update #2
Let me say this. The academy or training officers should be disciplined and/or reassigned if this is the case. My training consisted of police officers (dressed as civillians) being stopped at staged motor vehicle stops and you were to conduct a search of the vehicle under these controlled conditions. Using civillians as unknowning participants in police training exercises is terribly wrong and quite frankly...stupid.
This is the very first time I've heard of this and it's amazing that the Chief of Police even allows this. The excuse that in using the method I was taught under leads the officer to believe that there is contraband in the car is a lousy and ignorant excuse. We did series of stops. Sometimes there was contraband, sometimes there wasn't. If you had the mindset that SOMETHING is there and the length of time to search became unreasonable the police instructor would raise holy hell with you. You searched the car in a normal manner if if you didn't find anything...oh well. Guess there wasn't anything there. Not to mention YOU had to establish the reasonable suspicion to think there was something in the car that was contraband anyway. It just wasn't laid out for you to stop, search, seize, arrest. Oh no, no, no. That isn't real life.
I agree that this is a terrible training method and I bet I can safely say that this method of training will be hatled immediately.
Jesus....in this "better look at what the repercussions may be" world you'd think someone would say "This idea sucks Chief....don't do it".
2007-03-13 01:37:28 · answer #1 · answered by Quasimodo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Okay, I just read the article.
I guess you didn't read it properly. It says that after they arrest and deal with the suspect they put items in the car and get new officers to search to see if they find them as a training exercise. The person is not actually charged with the offence. We did something similar at police college, but we didn't use actual suspect's vehicles, we used police college vehicles. Like the article said (if it can be believed) that sometimes things were left behind that weren't found by officers. I think they should practice with police vehicles and not civilian suspect vehicles.
They shouln't do it in plain view of the suspect either.
The Cox guy in the article is an idiot. Did you see what he was arrested for? Hit and run, drugs, impaired driving, driving no licence. He is complaining because the officer called him "slick". He wants to sue because they used his vehicle as a training exercise, give me a break.
2007-03-13 10:18:02 · answer #2 · answered by joeanonymous 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did you read it all or only the title? Its about training officers. After they make an arrest of a an individual they use his vehicle for training prior to impounding. Smartest thing to do? Maybe not but its not their intent to plant false evidence for an arrest.
In this guys situation he was still around when they did it. They never attempted to prosecute him for it. He saw it happening and freaked out. Of course, who wouldn't. The police dept stated that its usually done when the offender is not present.
2007-03-13 08:24:28 · answer #3 · answered by California Street Cop 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Iam not aware of any Police Officer Standards and Training facility that has or would teach such.
However at POST you are taught about the 'slimeballs' being the worst crimminal that being a bad cop their are plenty of those to go around and perhaps they teach such tactics to one another,but the vast majority of good L.E.O. will shun this.
2007-03-13 09:08:08 · answer #4 · answered by boutgivup 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it's true then the cop is a turd. He is worthless and unable to make arrests any other way. After a few years you get a feel for who has dope and who doesn't, there is no need to plant anything. An intelligent cop uses all the legal means at his disposal to find it the right way.
2007-03-13 06:33:01 · answer #5 · answered by dude0795 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jeremy maybe you should take a class in reading comprehension and then read the article again and then you will understand why your an idiot.
My answer - It was a training exercise. You should have somebody read the article to you if you don't understand.
2007-03-13 09:00:23 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You bet it's an isolated case. No such training.
2007-03-13 13:47:53 · answer #7 · answered by Tom M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋