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Originally Posted by Damien
Are there many types of this electronic low level stuff or is it all harassment/abuse type cases? Do you need to get warrants every time?  |
You get the fall out from breakups and friendships ending that can be a waste of time but still get investigated as it could easily turn into a serious case. There is also low level internet frauds, posting of obscene photos or videos without consent and a host of other technology based offences.
You also get the tit for tat online football rivalry where one side will complain "He called me a hun!", "Well he called me a fenian!", "He started it, he posted a picture of ...." where what should happen is all sides are told to shut up and grow up but in the current climate there are special teams to deal with it and its arrests and jailtime all round.
Of course what one person classes as a waste of time can be another persons serious crime.
As for warrants it works a bit differently up here as the Police don't have PACE to deal with. If I was doing a call tomorrow regarding mobile or internet abuse and I thought I needed to seize a phone or computer for examining then it would be getting seized using common law powers.