24 Hours In Police Custody

I was talking to my mate last night who's a DC in the dibble.

He said it was up to the coppers to decide to charge the guy. He said they could have just let him go with a warning instead of dragging him into court and sending him to prison as that's not in public interest.
 
One thing that puzzles me; When the guy admitted to speeding and crashing it seemed to be on a bodycam of someone other than a copper. This would mean that he'd not been cautioned or arrested first. Was this evidence used in court?
 
Nethermoor said:
I was talking to my mate last night who's a DC in the dibble.

He said it was up to the coppers to decide to charge the guy. He said they could have just let him go with a warning instead of dragging him into court and sending him to prison as that's not in public interest.
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He is either talking complete shit or you hsve misunderstood what he told you
 
bluemick1 said:
Agree to some point, but working in a prison, 4 out of every 5 who are being released openly tell you that they are going to spend their £86 discharge grant on drugs, then are going to commit more crime, to either get their drugs or come back to a comfy stay in prison.
Years ago there used to be rehabilitation courses and help to get people into work on release, but due to cut backs there is nothing like that now.
We used to joke in Reception on release “we will see you next week” but nowadays it’s a certainty that we will.
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I said to one only this morning, "shall i flip your mattress, ready for next week when you are back" He smiled politely, but we both know its only a matter of time before he and many, many more return
 
Nethermoor said:
I was talking to my mate last night who's a DC in the dibble.

He said it was up to the coppers to decide to charge the guy. He said they could have just let him go with a warning instead of dragging him into court and sending him to prison as that's not in public interest.
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Not correct. The police build the case and refer it to the CPS. They decide if they think there is a case to prosecute. He isn't walking away from a crash seriously injuring two people by reckless driving with a warning.
 
I disagree with the death penalty for the practical reason that in the past too many innocents have been wrongly convicted. I also believe strongly in the rule of law, because the alternative is barbarism.

However, what we have now does not work. We have a substantial class of habitual criminals who (one way or another) parasite off us all their lives. It costs big bucks to keep these people banged up in jail. Probably as much as to lodge them in a five-star hotel.

So we need to change the system. The question is - how? Simplistic solutions don't work and anything else will cost money.
 
BrianW said:
I disagree with the death penalty for the practical reason that in the past too many innocents have been wrongly convicted. I also believe strongly in the rule of law, because the alternative is barbarism.

However, what we have now does not work. We have a substantial class of habitual criminals who (one way or another) parasite off us all their lives. It costs big bucks to keep these people banged up in jail. Probably as much as to lodge them in a five-star hotel.

So we need to change the system. The question is - how? Simplistic solutions don't work and anything else will cost money.
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It is cheaper to keep someone in prison for life than to put them to death though. I don't know if that was part of your thinking. But there's a big gap in costs too
 
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