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Originally Posted by The Unabomber
That's interesting, i have had my car emptied and searched and nobody offered to put anything back. It might be the policy of customs, but i highly doubt that it's a practice that they employ very often.
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That is part of my point. Perhaps it's just because I'm not being bery clear.
There are good employees and bad employees in any industry or profession. There are those in law enforcement that go by the book and respect the law and there are those that, for lack of a better term, are cowboys set about doing things there own way law and policy be damned.
CBSA officers fit into this rant because they have some of the broadest powers of any law enforcement agency in Canada and, unfortunately in some cases, suffer too much from the cowboy mentality. I'm confident that the majority of CBSA officers do their job admirably and go about their thankless task with the utmost respect for the law and for people.
But the dumbasses are still there and they are incredibly dangerous. The officers that search a vehicle without reasonable suspicion. The officers that hold someone in that limbo between detention and examination a little longer than necessary for spite or for something else. The officers that search your belongings roughly and don't repack your bags or vehicle. The officers that engage in inappropriate strip searches (see one of Jolinar's previous threads).
These are the people that decisions like this are aimed at. The majority of CBSA officers probably have nothing to worry about. The dumbasses need reminding.
All that being said, I still think the evidence will be allowed on appeal but this is all one anonymous internet nerd's opinion.