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^ Reasonable suspicion was him seemingly trying to avoid the sniffer dogs. He saw them and crossed the road, they either saw that or were alerted to it by his friends unfortunately.
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I agree with that. My understanding was that the police didn't see this and decided to search him anyway. They still shouldn't have physically touched him until it was necessary to do so and only to search him.

Different states have different laws but most operate on the basis of reasonable suspicion. The police cannot come to court and I say I decided to search this person because I said so. They need to justify their decision to search based upon having reasonable grounds for doing so. If they cannot do this then the search is illegal. There is no doubt they are given wide latitude and if they end up finding something it is very difficult to avoid the consequences. However, if everyone took the police to court every time they searched someone without a legitimate basis for doing so, and ended up finding nothing, then perhaps this might act as a deterrent to the police exercising their significant powers so liberally.
 
It's 12 but you've got to do a 30 minute questionaire with a gp first. It's bulk billed though.
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Ah OK, and thanks for the link Belarki that was cool I've done all that with my GP, it's too late for free counselling for me though I am under the care of the Early Psychosis Treatment now. :D
 
aero said:
It's 12 but you've got to do a 30 minute questionaire with a gp first. It's bulk billed though.
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and the supposed 30 min questionnaire in reality takes about 5 minutes, the bulk of it is the doctor plugging stuff into his pc
 
Biscuit said:
I agree with that. My understanding was that the police didn't see this and decided to search him anyway. They still shouldn't have physically touched him until it was necessary to do so and only to search him.

Different states have different laws but most operate on the basis of reasonable suspicion. The police cannot come to court and I say I decided to search this person because I said so. They need to justify their decision to search based upon having reasonable grounds for doing so. If they cannot do this then the search is illegal. There is no doubt they are given wide latitude and if they end up finding something it is very difficult to avoid the consequences. However, if everyone took the police to court every time they searched someone without a legitimate basis for doing so, and ended up finding nothing, then perhaps this might act as a deterrent to the police exercising their significant powers so liberally.
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I believe police in Victoria now have the right to search anyone they choose, under the new knife laws. There may be more to it than that, though.
 
^ That might well be correct. Which is why it is important for people to be familiar with the laws in their particular state.

In WA they are trying to introduce something similar, but only for designated areas. Weapons are the justification but it will be drugs that they find the most of.
 
hey guys...just letting you know i went to court today and got a section 10. I received a good behaviour bond of 6 months but no criminal record. pretty happy with the outcome :) if any of you guys gets in the same situation as me i recommend going to armstrong legal. They were the cheapest place I found and were really good to deal with.
 
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