My Plod rant

[tigertim20]

This situation was covered in a thread not toooo long ago iirc, can't for the life of me find it though.
I think the gist of it was that they couldn't come onto your property uninvited unless you were under suspicion of doing some illegal shit. They can't just waltz onto your property under the banner of 'random checks'

Lay a complaint, the guy hasn't followed procedure, and he was a prick to boot.

read his opening post again. 'The lights came on.... then I pulled into my driveway'.

The cop signalled to pull him over. He continued onto his property. in this case, I beleive the cop CAN come onto your property. If the cop had NOT turned his lights on prior to him pulling into his driveway, then no, he couldnt have.

In the circumstance where a cop comes onto your property you need only to say the following:
Hello officer, Im afraid this is private residence, and unless you have an arrest order, or a search warrant, Im not prepared to let you onto my property.

Unless youve done something noteworthy, they will fuck off and not bother with it. If you HAVE done something noteworthy, this will give you time to find a better hiding place for the dead chinese hookers in your garage. . .

[Max Preload]

read his opening post again. 'The lights came on.... then I pulled into my driveway'.

The cop signalled to pull him over. He continued onto his property. in this case, I beleive the cop CAN come onto your property. If the cop had NOT turned his lights on prior to him pulling into his driveway, then no, he couldnt have.

Correct.

As a matter of interest for you to be required to stop you must be followed...

[racefactory]

Correct.

As a matter of interest for you to be required to stop you must be followed...

^ this guy knows his shit

[Coldrider]

and you have to know you are being persued.

[rastuscat]

It's a common law right of access.

In England a person commits trespass whenever they access private property. In Scotland (and here) nobody commits the offence of trespass until they have been warned by the lawful occupier to leave, and have refused to do so.

I followed a bloke onto private property once to write him a ticket. It was on the North Shore years ago. I stood there writing him the ticket while he ranted about my being there. He told me I couldn't do what I was doing, which I could. I got the whole revenue collecting sermon from him and his wife. Importantly, at no stage did he ask me to leave, he just vented. As I was finishing I told him "I only had to leave when you tell me to, which would be about now, so here's your ticket, I'm off".

He defended the ticket on the basis that I couldn't be there to write it, and he was convicted.

Donuts.

[FJRider]

I dont suposse the police training college at Trentham, give them an anser to that one.

I thought it was in Porirua ???

[red mermaid]

Yes it is and it just goes to show how little some posters on KB know.

I thought it was in Porirua ???

[Edbear]

Yes it is and it just goes to show how little some posters on KB know.

Now hang on a mo... Everyone here is an expert, ask them!

[FJRider]

Yes it is and it just goes to show how little some posters on KB know.

Well they did know it was in Trentham .... once ....

But I dont know how up to date they are on other matters ... like the law ...

[FJRider]

Now hang on a mo... Everyone here is an expert, ask them!

Definition of an expert ...

X ... Unknown quantity

Spurt ... A drip under pressure

[Max Preload]

The current location of any pig indoctrination pen is irrelevant.

[FJRider]

As a matter of interest for you to be required to stop you must be followed...

At no time did that link specify a particular distance that you must be followed at ... merely followed ...

If you can see the "red and blues" in your rear view mirror ... you're being followed ...

[rastuscat]

I once attended a crash in Basset Road, Newmarket. Handy to where the machine gun murders happened, but that another story. 2 young guys flipped one of those Honda CRXs onto it's roof. They got out, turned the car back over, and drove off.

We found the car in a carport in Parnell a few minutes later. My partner and I knocked on the door, and a woman answered. We asked where the 2 young guys were, she told us they we in bed. She then asked us if we wanted to come in and speak to them. Not being the shy type, we walked upstairs, and turned the lights on in a bedroom.

I know this is hard to believe, but I swear it's true.

There was the young guy who had been driving, with a lovely young lady, in bed. I told him I wanted to discuss the crash, and he volunteered that he had been the driver. I breath tested him while he lay in bed.

That was a first for me. Turned out he was dead sober, just a crap driver.

Donuts.

[Max Preload]

At no time did that link specify a particular distance that you must be followed at ... merely followed ...

If you can see the "red and blues" in your rear view mirror ... you're being followed ...

Where did I say it did?

[Indoo]

You could just try stopping over when legally obligated and not being a smartarse. usually makes any interactions you have with the plod alot faster and less aggravating for both parties. The conversation would probably have lasted a matter of seconds and ended with a goodnight once it was clear you weren't drinking.