Reply to post: Re: The device can only be examined by police investigating or prosecuting crime

UK to introduce new laws and a code of practice for police wanting to rifle through mobile phone messages

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Holmes

Re: The device can only be examined by police investigating or prosecuting crime

I've been stopped by cops a couple of times for "routine checks" that are clearly not investigating a specific crime but that the individual cop wants to get a promotion by nabbing more criminals. The cop chooses to harass individuals who have no power in the current situation.

I understand that there is a lot of sarcasm in your comment but the cops were always implying they were investigating while just doing random searches.

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