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Originally Posted by Derek
There needs to be some evidence of criminality before a warrant is granted, there isn't just a stack of them sitting about waiting for a celebrity to move to the area so they can punt his door in.
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In my case they just made it up, and to avoid providing the reason/said evidence of criminality they hid behind a story that it was a reliable informer who would be put at risk if they were exposed.
The bottom line is, it was a PCSO who had uncovered a few small drug operations and got ambitious. He had a hunch, thought 2+2=5 and because he had some previous success his superiors had faith in him. They didn't have any evidence that anything criminal was going on so they fabricate excuses of a reliable informer to obtain the warrant.
The result is a PCSO who no longer covers the whole area although he is still the official listed PCSO for the area, police that on 2 occasions that visit every house in my street following burglaries but mine is the only one they walk past. The said PCSO now crosses the road if he sees my parents, and rushes off in the opposite direction or will not make eye contact if he has to pass me in the street.
The subsequent attitude of Gwent police over the incident means that I now think they are ****, and would walk past if a copper was getting a beating. It's no wonder the public loose faith when this sort of things happen. (Not that I had any faith in the effectiveness of Gwent police before this)
It is evident that the police will lie to obtain a warrant and lie to protect their own when they are in the wrong.