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Originally Posted by MBates
It is commonplace for video and audio and GPS evidence to inexplicably disappear. Surprisingly it seems to happen on cases where the accused is saying he or she was mistreated by the police. It is just like a low budget movie only it is real.
The CPS and other police forces get the benefit of charges being withdrawn before the truth comes out in court. Even if the truth comes out in court, the number of times the media are actually there to cover it are very few and far between.
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Originally Posted by MBates
This is plainly not true. All police internal discipline matters are not public record. If you know as much as you claim to know about these things then you must know any internal discipline matter can be declared closed to the public by the Chief. Furthermore, numerous police internal discipline matters are dismissed by the Chief of Police without any hearing at all.
And while lawyers and the Crown (I assume you mean defence lawyers and the Crown lawyers) are undoubtedly the reason these things take forever in some cases, it is just false to suggest that accused officers and professional standards or ASIRT investigators (all active police, seconded police or retired police officers) are not sometimes the ones who drag things out for whatever reasons they may wish to do so.
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Wait, aren't you a Calgary lawyer? These two posts seem pretty damning. Are you saying it isn't uncommon for police recordings to go "missing" or not work when they are accused of inappropriate behavior?
I mean I thanked 4X4's post that you quoted because I literally thought of corny TV dramas when someone mentioned video and recordings "going missing" could actually be a thing in Calgary.