POLICE are to issue their first ever warnings to men they suspect of sex crimes but cannot find enough evidence against to prosecute.

Youareabadperson5 · 2014-07-20T20:20:15+00:00

Officer McMurray, it's a joy to see you on this fine day. We just thought we would stop by and have a little chat. You see accusations of corruption have been coming up a lot with your name on them, but we don't have enough evidence to prosecute, so we just wanted to stop by your house and give you a friendly warning. Stop being corrupt.

niels_henrik_abel · 2014-07-20T13:56:55+00:00

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GMotor · 2014-07-20T14:39:25+00:00

It's my understanding that a warning involves you admitting that you've done something wrong? See this

Why would they do that... given that it's the police admitting that they don't have enough evidence? Will the police be saying that it will keep their names out of the press... and how is this anything other than a mockery of justice.

2014-07-20T19:31:44+00:00

So much potential for abuse.

ZimbaZumba · 2014-07-20T14:58:14+00:00

Are false allegations considered a 'sex' crime? Why not all crimes then?

TracyMorganFreeman · 2014-07-20T21:41:03+00:00

"Excuse me sir? Yes I wish to inform you that you're suspected of sex crimes but there is insufficient evidence to prosecute you. Please don't take this as any indication that your current tactics of avoiding prosecution is working."

Methodius_ · 2014-07-20T17:57:46+00:00

This is ridiculous for many, many reasons.

First off, it's supporting the idea that "Some rapists simply don't know better". Wrong. Rapists know what they do is wrong, and will continue to do it regardless of what you tell them.

Second, this is one step away from police intimidation. They literally have no evidence that the person they're going to be visiting has actually committed some sort of crime, but they're going to waste money to go visit him and walk them through what rape is. So any guy who has had a woman accuse him of rape without any evidence is potentially on the list of people who needs to be visited. Kinda ridiculous.

lazydonovan · 2014-07-20T21:15:59+00:00

Do you think they will also be building a register of women who make large numbers of dodgy rape claims to ensure innocent men are not falsely accused, and issuing them with warnings as well?

20rakah · 2014-07-20T23:05:32+00:00

If you read some of "Ms Raphael's" quotes it's scary how little respect she has for due process and innocent until proven guilty. Someone with those attitudes has no bushiness leading any sort of task force.
Like QC Brian McConnachie, who has defended and prosecuted rape cases, was quoted at the bottom of the article . "There is a risk that this could be abused. You know what communities are like, and word can quickly go round the police have been at somebody's door. The police should focus on gathering evidence for a prosecution. I should have thought interviewing somebody under caution would have a much more chilling effect than visiting them. So I don't see the point."

Mister_Kurtz · 2014-07-20T14:47:56+00:00

I support this.

"individuals who repeatedly come to their attention "

"The fact an individual has been targeted in such a way will not be shared with his employer or family, in a bid to stay on the right side of human rights legislation. Such suspects would almost certainly already have been spoken to by the police, often under caution while detained for questioning."

""We either take them through the criminal process or we do nothing. Well, I don't think doing nothing is acceptable given we have a fundamental responsibility to prevent crime.""

TracyMorganFreeman · 2014-07-20T19:24:53+00:00

Well, I don't think doing nothing is acceptable given we have a fundamental responsibility to prevent crime.""

Not according to the SCOTUS. It would seem even the police don't know what they're responsibilities are.

dejour · 2014-07-20T19:26:20+00:00

I'm okay with this, but I'd want it to apply to men and women equally.

5th_Law_of_Robotics · 2014-07-21T01:43:44+00:00

We've been told that false accusations of rape should be treated as false accusations of any other crime. Alright, let's treat rape like any other crime then. It doesn't follow that rape is horrific but lying about rape is mundane. So since lying about rape is mundane then clearly rape is mundane. Why treat it differently?

Gittiup · 2014-07-21T02:45:19+00:00

There's a word for this in the dictionary;

harass (ˈhærəs, həˈræs)

— vb ( tr ) to trouble, torment, or confuse by continual persistent attacks, questions, etc

lazydonovan · 2014-07-21T03:46:08+00:00

"Hello Mr. Suspected. I'm Constable H.A.Rassment and I'm here to serve you a warning that we think you are a sexual predator but don't have enough evidence to actually prosecute you."

"Ah. Constable. May I see that warning?" RIP

"Please take this back to Ms. Rapheal and tell her to shove it where the sun don't shine."

DesignRed · 2014-07-21T03:51:05+00:00

Would there be ground for a class action suit if police do this? If the men who are "visited" filed together, it would send a strong and clear statement.

NuclearStudent · 2014-07-21T03:55:25+00:00

Aw, at least tell me they send plain clothes to keep everything quiet.

cxj · 2014-07-21T04:06:13+00:00

This is the type of shit that makes me wonder how much longer it will be until men start voting, en mass as a block, to end it. I'm not just talking a 20% party swap or whatever, but the entire apolitical male group rushing out to support the first politician promising to end it.

Sir_Fancy_Pants · 2014-07-21T19:53:39+00:00

Not really an expert on scottish law (it is different from english law) but fairly sure you can legally not invite them into your house and refuse the "warning", since you are Not under arrest and they don't have a warrant.

LandMineHare · 2014-07-20T22:27:36+00:00

Is masturbating considered a sex crime? Because I know it's against religious law.

I have a lot of friends to write tickets for.

heimdahl81 · 2014-07-20T15:32:30+00:00

I like this because it gives police an option besides throwing someone in jail. I can see this being particularly useful as a "slap on the wrist" kind of thing when some parents freak out about their 16 year-old daughter banging her 18 year-old boyfriend. They can't be accused of ignoring the problem, but they don't have to ruin a person's life either.

NWOslave · 2014-07-20T15:46:24+00:00

What's the problem? This is what all you leftists begged for, so here it is.

Title	POLICE are to issue their first ever warnings to men they suspect of sex crimes but cannot find enough evidence against to prosecute.
Author	cavehobbit
Upvotes	278
Comments	136
Date	July 20, 2014 1:29 PM UTC (12 years ago)
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