In this society we are suppose to be protected by the police and be made to feel safe, however sometimes this just isn’t the case as I’ve come to learn. Continuously I feel let down and perhaps even victimized by them, if I’m treated like a criminal should I start and act like one? This is the question that crosses my mind. Why try and be a good person and help others out when it simply boils down to the fact that we’re little people and to a jobs-worth they are happy to walk all over us.
In 2005 I reported some content I’d come across on the internet, it both disturbed and disgusted me so I reported it to the police. I was later visited by two police officers who confiscated my laptop and took me to the police station to interview me under caution.
Hold on here!!! I’m trying to help them rid this world of smutty illegal and sickening content and I’m being criminalized for it!!! I really just couldn’t believe what was happening, I was trying to do the right thing and as a result I get cautioned and I lose my laptop.
I was told they would check my laptop out and then once cleared I would get it back, well its now 2010, 5 years later and still no laptop. The laptop is currently worth nothing as its so old and as such I’ve lost money as it was worth about £1,500 back then I believe.
I complained in around 2007 or 2008 and was told that someone would get back to me but it might take some time.
In between these times I simply forgot about it and carried on with life whilst my laptop continued to depreciate in value.
so now, 5 years later and still nothing. How is this acceptable by any standard?
Isn’t theft depriving someone of their rightful property?
This is the first of two complaints this week to the IPCC.
Is this a lesson to all, don’t trust the police? They say report things in confidence, I no longer have any confidence in their abilities.