Allegations are one thing. What he's done and the legality of that, as it eventually goes down, is what I was talking about.
Which has nothing to do with my original point insofar as a police officer being prosecuted under the NSW Surveillance Devices Act being unprecedented as far as I (and @SouthAussie) can see. End of unless you can find the relevant precedent.
If they're even relevant.
I truly hope charges are not dropped based upon a popular vote. That's not the society I want to live in.
I don't know, did you? An inquest was always inevitable based upon WT's status as a child missing, presumed dead whilst in care. The timing of the inquest which was urged by way of petition by many of the public after it seemed there were no answers after a long period of time, have a right in law to a transparent system of law, may have hastened when the coronial inquest occurred. My understanding was that after that petition was received by the NSW govt, it was deemed inappropriate in relation to an ongoing investigation. I have no problem with anyone in the public requesting by petition what they want. If the law or charges are dropped or changed for individuals based upon their popularity, I have a problem with that. IMO
A lot of information would have been collected that turns out not to be relevant to a particular prosecution. Relevant to the investigation, yes. And there could be many uses for recordings other than to be produced as evidence in court.
i don't want/think they will be dropped because I think jubes is a cool sexy guy. for the record.(even though he is damn sexy lol)
But if the officer is undercover, the people recorded won't know it. Would you require a warrant in that circumstance?
Hopefully the petition should go some small way to show a compassionate and dedicated detective, who has given 34 years of service to the NSW Police Force — 4 of those to William’s case — just how much he is appreciated and supported by the public.
