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The Police High Command is continuing to defend the Force against claims of widespread abuse of the practice of stopping and searching motorists, claiming the abuse it is not a common practice.
Although the practice has long been unlawful without reasonable suspicion of an offence being committed or about to be committed, it was again brought to public attention by a recent Supreme Court ruling.
But the Police are claiming that only a minority in the Force actually engages in the practice. Glenmore Hinds, Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of Operations, speaking on RJR's Beyond the Headlines on Tuesday, argued that anecdotal accounts of arbitrary stops and searches relate to the actions of a handful of police personnel only.
He maintained that outside of the law, internal rules and policies are already in place by which the police should abide, and where there are breaches, persons need to use the channels available. He said with a workforce of 15,000 there will be persons who may act outside the guidelines articulated by the public interaction policy.
More at ... http://rjrnewsonline.com/local/not-p...rily-dcp-hinds
Although the practice has long been unlawful without reasonable suspicion of an offence being committed or about to be committed, it was again brought to public attention by a recent Supreme Court ruling.
But the Police are claiming that only a minority in the Force actually engages in the practice. Glenmore Hinds, Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of Operations, speaking on RJR's Beyond the Headlines on Tuesday, argued that anecdotal accounts of arbitrary stops and searches relate to the actions of a handful of police personnel only.
He maintained that outside of the law, internal rules and policies are already in place by which the police should abide, and where there are breaches, persons need to use the channels available. He said with a workforce of 15,000 there will be persons who may act outside the guidelines articulated by the public interaction policy.
More at ... http://rjrnewsonline.com/local/not-p...rily-dcp-hinds
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