Just wondering, as you see stories of people being arrested for ridiculous things only for the case to ultimately be thrown out of court in the papers all the time.
2007-08-22 21:17:28 · 39 answers · asked by letmepcikanamewillyou 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
Any citizen can arrest anyone whom they observe in the commission of a felony.
He could be charged with malfeasance, misfeasance and/
or non-feasance, but those are misdemeanors.
Cops do get scolded by judges sometimes for silly cases.
2007-08-28 11:45:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
No, and if you try to arrest him, you can be charged with obstructing a police officer on duty. Not everyone thinks alike policemen inclusive, I heard a Magistrate tick off a senior police inspector " why are you wasting the court's time over a trivial matter like this ?" Actually the inspector was only presenting the case and had nothing to do with the arrests and all. But still it was embarrassing as the remarks reflected badly on the efficiency of the police on the whole. So if you think the Officer was rude and wasting time you can take his name and number down and make an official complaint. Every policemen is equipped with a notebook to note down every incident and the action taken, including the time. There are no gaps between lines and any mistakes or alterations are initialed and if its a statement from you, you are obliged to sign on each page and at the end of the statement. So, when he's being interviewed by the c.a.p.d. he will be asked to show his notebook and if he didn't note down any incident of your complaint then he's got a lot of explaining to do.
2007-08-29 02:34:22 · answer #2 · answered by CAPTAIN BEAR 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you'll find that the Police are duty bound to uphold the law 'without fear or favour' and to be non bias and impartial.
We don't make the laws, we just work to uphold them.
As for the case being thrown out of Court, that's down to the Courts and the CPS. There are also many valid cases that get thrown out. Trust me, I'm in a position to know and I've seen it happen many times.
Please do your research before you start pointing the finger in the wrong direction and if you have a complaint, direct it at the government who make the rules.
As for you 'question', try it. You only have to have reasonable ground to suspect an arrestable offence has been committed. You might have to do a bit more research first though and your necessity for arrest will be interesting. (Section 24 PACE, SOCAP 2006)
2007-08-23 13:10:17 · answer #3 · answered by Ian UK 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like something out of Little Britain or something from that new TV show I saw the other day called The IT Crowd. I think that might make a funny scene where citizens start arresting the police instead or people robbing banks with Champagne bottles. See everyone duck before opening them? Hey officer lie down or I'll shoot you with this kork! I was not robbing the bank, just opening it up in the bank cause I was thirsty! I hearby arrest you officer for trying arrest me for robbing a bank which I was'nt realy robbing...
2007-08-29 07:21:47 · answer #4 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no such offence as wasting police time. This is tabloidspeak for making a false report to any person which causes fear for the safety of any person or property. The wording is not exact, but I haven't looked it up. So, if a police officer tells you there is a bomb in your handbag and there isn't .................
And citizen's arrest is also tabloidspeak. You can't just arrest someone who does something that you think is naughty. If the police have to stick to strict rules, so would you.
2007-08-23 07:55:30 · answer #5 · answered by Ben Gunn 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, unfortunately wasting police time is not grounds for a citizen's arrest on a police officer. I used to work various shifts in a psychiatric ER in a rural county next to the county in which I live, and there was a state trooper who harrassed me more than once around the midnight hour while I was driving to or from work. I finally called his supervisor and told his supervisor I was Public Health Officer and I was going to pink slip him to a psychiatric hospital as a danger to others, specifically me, if he continued to harrass me as I was driving to or from work in the middle of the night. The harrassment stopped.
2007-08-29 18:40:08 · answer #6 · answered by javadic 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What you need to do is document the case by photgraphing or videotaping the events as they happen. You build your case over a period of time and get as many instances of non-performance behaviour as eveidence as you can. Then you take it all to a television net work and speak to the producer of a current affairs or news programme. Or you could put the evidence on www.youtube.com for the whole world to see. You need to know that you will probably become the target of every police officer who wants to nail your hide to the wall by booking you for every infringement you make and some you don't make.
2007-08-29 16:07:12 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Let's say you put a police officer who is on the clock in custody and effect a citizen's arrest on him/her and detain the officer for an indeterminite length of time. Is that not forcing a waste of police time?
2007-08-22 22:14:23 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Wasting Police time is not something you could arrest a Police Officer for - the Police decide what is a waste of their time.
but I get the point you are making
2007-08-22 21:25:00 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
Why don't you try it and let us know how it goes??? I would be interested to find out!
Stop being a hater. Accept that whatever you did that earned you a meeting with the police was your fault and you have to live with your choices. Don't hate the good officers who are out there every day risking their lives to protect you and everyone else in the community (even the police haters).
2007-08-23 02:51:45 · answer #10 · answered by steveheremd 5 · 3⤊ 2⤋