Slightly Off Topic - How to avoid being arrested
Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 11:46 am
Hey guys I know this is slightly off topic but I thought i'd run this past you for a bit of feedback.
I watched this vid today http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 1350501823 and wondered how much of it is applicable to us here in Australia.
I know we don't have constitutional rights (as such) like they do in the US, and i'm certainly not a civil liberties freak. Combined with that I totally admire the police and the job they do with the resources and pay they get (so please don't read this as an anti-police post).
I guess what i'm interested to know is (from any of the police on the board) is how does right of consent work here in Australia (in regards to some of the points raised in the vid). For example is it illegal for me to refuse to give consent for the police to search my car or search me.
As I mentioned before, please don't see this as a civil rights rant, or a police beat-up. I know we live in Australia and I know we don't have the same laws (thankfully) as they do in the US. So all of what i've just asked may be totally inapplicable to us here in Australia. I don't consider myself ignorant - on the contrary I like to be as informed as possible - I'm just interested in official POV on the laws/rules of consent from people in the know.
I watched this vid today http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 1350501823 and wondered how much of it is applicable to us here in Australia.
I know we don't have constitutional rights (as such) like they do in the US, and i'm certainly not a civil liberties freak. Combined with that I totally admire the police and the job they do with the resources and pay they get (so please don't read this as an anti-police post).
I guess what i'm interested to know is (from any of the police on the board) is how does right of consent work here in Australia (in regards to some of the points raised in the vid). For example is it illegal for me to refuse to give consent for the police to search my car or search me.
As I mentioned before, please don't see this as a civil rights rant, or a police beat-up. I know we live in Australia and I know we don't have the same laws (thankfully) as they do in the US. So all of what i've just asked may be totally inapplicable to us here in Australia. I don't consider myself ignorant - on the contrary I like to be as informed as possible - I'm just interested in official POV on the laws/rules of consent from people in the know.