24 Hours in Police Custody: Ch4

[Gameface]

Might be of interest to some on here.

Police: Suspect No.1.

Channel 5 at 9 o'clock.

Chasing armed robbers tonight.

[Laurel Green]

Yep, one to watch methinks.

[Gameface]

Pair of fking geniuses.

[Laurel Green]

Upstanding citizens of the community are they, no doubt about it!

[Mcphisto]

Good job Im not a policeman, Mr Alam would be getting introduced to Mr Boot in the bks!

[Laurel Green]

Surely they must have gunshot residue from his clothes?

[Gameface]

Both cars will be full of forensics.

Won't get those within the initial 24 hours so not charged on the robberies yet.

He will be though.

[Laurel Green]

Bingo!!!

[Mcphisto]

Try yawning again you still not getting you off!

[Gameface]

Fake yawns. tt.

Criminals like them make the polices job easy.

Comedy of errors.

[jonwm]

Why do they fake yawn?? Do they think the police will let them go back to bed?

Quite enjoyed that, must have been upsetting being held over an hour in your own home

[untakenname]

Quite a strung out program with a lot of filler but the look of realisation at the end was worth the watch.

The reliance on DNA seemingly for everything is quite bewildering when there's so much circumstantial evidence, how did the justice system work before the advent of DNA?

[jakesmith]

untakenname said:

Quite a strung out program with a lot of filler but the look of realisation at the end was worth the watch.

The reliance on DNA seemingly for everything is quite bewildering when there's so much circumstantial evidence, how did the justice system work before the advent of DNA?

At a complete guess - evidential standards were lower accordingly. All the way back to dunking suspected witches. Justice systems work with the evidential levels expectations of the day. I bet there were way more wrongful convictions then but probably more correct 'guilty' verdicts as people who were obviously guilty don't need CSI grade forensics against them.

Can't remember the source but was a senior person in the police or CPS or similar saying DNA / CCTV in some ways makes it harder to prove beyond reasonable doubt - in some cases it creates the doubt, CCTV with a bury image, a good lawyer can claim it wasn't them, where as 30 years ago a credible passer picking someone out of a lineup might be taken more seriously. Juries have seen rubbish like CSI and expect 'every contact to leave a trace' so acquit when this impossible threshold is met.

[CoolHands]

As ever, my opinion is that the 9 and 10 year sentences should have 19 and 20 year sentences.

[jakesmith]

CoolHands said:

As ever, my opinion is that the 9 and 10 year sentences should have 19 and 20 year sentences.

The 9 years would have been 14 had he not plead guilty

[supertouring]

Having to question someone who is unwilling to get out of bed, like a 3 year old, would make me question my career choice.

I can understand the "No comment" responses in interview, but that would be a step too far for me.

[anonymous-user]

supertouring said:

Having to question someone who is unwilling to get out of bed, like a 3 year old, would make me question my career choice.

It makes it easy in some ways. Slightly different to police I’ll grant you, but on ambulances if someone wants to act like a child they get treated like one.
That includes not giving them everything they want and making decisions for them whether they agree or not.

[jakesmith]

supertouring said:

Having to question someone who is unwilling to get out of bed, like a 3 year old, would make me question my career choice.

I can understand the "No comment" responses in interview, but that would be a step too far for me.

I couldn't do the job but more down to being too short to feel confident tackling yobbos amongst many other reasons
Anyway it's all about the ends not the means
The cops that I rate on these programs are the ones who see the big picture & are thick-skinned
They play their cards well & sometimes don't always appear that bright but that's because they are holding back and staying within a complex and quite delicate framework that can see any number of a myriad of circumstances resulting in a suspect getting off.

[Bluedot]

Maybe I've become too conditioned to these programmes but I found last nights just really boring
I do enjoy the 24 hours documentaries and I was looking forward to this on last night but it just didn't hold my attention at all.

[Gameface]

They did drag it out a bit. Was obvious they were going down but the producers needed to create some doubt about it.