Do the police still hold identity parades?
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Thankyou4calling said:
Or is it all DNA now?
Don't know. But it was an early warning for me that the police don't always tell the truth. As a teen I agreed to take part in one at £x for Y hours. I was there three times the agreed time and they refused to pay a penny extra. It was clear they knew full well that they would not be keeping their end of the bargain. Not a good example to be setting to young people.So said:
Don't know. But it was an early warning for me that the police don't always tell the truth. As a teen I agreed to take part in one at £x for Y hours. I was there three times the agreed time and they refused to pay a penny extra. It was clear they knew full well that they would not be keeping their end of the bargain. Not a good example to be setting to young people.
It's actually a very GOOD example. The police routinely lie to get what they want, and don't care who they trample on in the process.A good lesson for a young person for adult life up ahead. Wish I'd known about it, I was brought up to respect and trust the police without question!
My understanding is that if they are looking for a witness to identify someone to strengthen a case etc they will show them mugshot pictures of people with similar features and ask them to point them out. As far as I’m aware, they don't do the physical parade that I think you're referring to.
Back in my late teens I was in town when approached by a plain clothes detective who asked if I would take part in one. I agreed (after checking I would be ok if I was picked out!) and was directed to the station there and then. It was nothing like you see in the movies, very badly organised by the police, it seem to mainly led by the accused solicitor. He choose nine people, including me, out of a group of twenty or so (you were only paid if chosen). We all seemed very different from the accused, some low life who had been witnessed breaking into a house by an elderly neighbour. We all lined up in a corridor before the witness was brought in to walk along the line, it was very intimidating for her and she didn’t have a clue who it was. I was told after that the fact he had done it wasn’t in question but without any whitness evidence there was very little chance of convicting him, quite depressing really. It took about an hour and I was given a tenner, cash in hand.
So said:
Don't know. But it was an early warning for me that the police don't always tell the truth. As a teen I agreed to take part in one at £x for Y hours. I was there three times the agreed time and they refused to pay a penny extra. It was clear they knew full well that they would not be keeping their end of the bargain. Not a good example to be setting to young people.
How many was Y hours and how long were you there for? The old ID centres were booked solid and if one parade took even 2 hours then it would fall apart. It would make no sense for them to "Refuse to pay" if they could or should, it was not their money. Graveworm said:
So said:
Don't know. But it was an early warning for me that the police don't always tell the truth. As a teen I agreed to take part in one at £x for Y hours. I was there three times the agreed time and they refused to pay a penny extra. It was clear they knew full well that they would not be keeping their end of the bargain. Not a good example to be setting to young people.
How many was Y hours and how long were you there for? The old ID centres were booked solid and if one parade took even 2 hours then it would fall apart. It would make no sense for them to "Refuse to pay" if they could or should, it was not their money. 
zarjaz1991 said:
Mojooo said:
It can be done without permission if you refuse.
So they would arrest me? Under what law?obviously it would have to be a good face on one
Mojooo said:
zarjaz1991 said:
I would never volunteer for an identity parade, in case the victim points at me and says 'yes, that's him, HE did it!'.
It can be done without permission if you refuse.They don't compel members of the public to join a parade, and then use their photos without permission if they refuse. They don't force people to volunteer.
They don't do ID parades in order to identify a suspect from a random bunch of people. They already have somebody in the frame. The parade is to gain additional evidence against them.
Mojooo said:
zarjaz1991 said:
Mojooo said:
It can be done without permission if you refuse.
So they would arrest me? Under what law?obviously it would have to be a good face on one
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