I have had this quite a lot – it appears to be policy here in the West Midlands where Officers will say at the conclusion of the interview “I will be reporting
you for summons” and then proceed with taking the samples
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From: "members@mail.lccsa.org.uk" <members@mail.lccsa.org.uk> on behalf of Heidi Appleby <happleby@smw-law.co.uk>
Reply to: Heidi Appleby <happleby@smw-law.co.uk>
Date: Thursday, 1 August 2019 at 11:03
To: richard berman <rberman63@gmail.com>
Cc: "members@mail.lccsa.org.uk" <members@mail.lccsa.org.uk>
Subject: RE: Prints etc at Voluntary Interviews
My main concern is that unrepresented interviewees are unaware of this, so their new ‘policy’ will affect them
We would have had to go through to custody and explain the situation to the custody sergeant, who of course would have set the PC straight, but we didn’t get that far
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Sent: Thursday, August 1, 2019 10:57:39 AM
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Subject: Re: Prints etc at Voluntary Interviews
Client is not under arrest and free to leave. Samples goes completely counter to this
On Thu, 1 Aug 2019, 10:52 Heidi Appleby, <happleby@smw-law.co.uk> wrote:
It appears that officers conducting voluntary interviews, with the client to be informed at a later date of the disposal decision, are now expecting to take fingerprints, photo and DNA. I recently had quite a back-and-forth with one, who insisted it was now a matter of policy. My requests for confirmation of the legal basis were met with eye rolls. He finally capitulated on the grounds that he was tired and wanted to go home. I’ve since followed up with an email confirming the legal position and have not heard back.
I thought I must have come across an errant officer, but at least one of my colleagues has had the same experience.
I’m interested to know whether anyone else has come across this?
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