Put an end to illegal police searches on your person and of your vehicle... with this simple idea.
I'm really upset by the injustices perpetrated by the police subculture.
Particularly I'm upset about how police are considered by courts to be "professional observers" and their outright lies are believed over the word of a truthful citizen who are becoming victims of police bullying.
Of course you can keep a camera handy, petition, spread news on your favorite social networking site, etc. Use other totally generic ways to protest.
But on the front end, here's what I decided I could do about it to protect myself and those close to me:
Of course you can keep a camera handy, petition, spread news on your favorite social networking site, etc. Use other totally generic ways to protest.
But on the front end, here's what I decided I could do about it to protect myself and those close to me:
This solution came from my observation that all the police have to do is to LIE about you having consented to a voluntary search and proceed to search your car and person. To prevent this lie from happening, I got a statement notarized and sent it to myself and haven't opened the letter...keep it in a safe place; (as the "cheap copyright" thing used to be done with a postmark.)
Multiple copies of the same notarized letter said: "I __(your name)__ do not, under any circumstances, give my consent to have my person or my vehicle searched when asked by the police for permission to be searched. When I'm a passenger in a vehicle, I strongly urge the driver to also retain their right to refuse to give their permission for a police search."
Of course, you can have a lawyer friend look over this statement and edit it for your own purposes.
Making this simple statement in just this way has already worked for me on two occasions. All I did when the police asked if they could search my vehicle is inform them I had made this statement, it had been notarized and I'd sent it as a notice to the Dept. Motor Vehicles in my state. The other time I actually had a copy of the statement in my own car.
The police backed off; the vehicle I was in as a passenger and as a driver (as well as additional riders in the back of his van) were both "free to go."
Multiple copies of the same notarized letter said: "I __(your name)__ do not, under any circumstances, give my consent to have my person or my vehicle searched when asked by the police for permission to be searched. When I'm a passenger in a vehicle, I strongly urge the driver to also retain their right to refuse to give their permission for a police search."
Of course, you can have a lawyer friend look over this statement and edit it for your own purposes.
Making this simple statement in just this way has already worked for me on two occasions. All I did when the police asked if they could search my vehicle is inform them I had made this statement, it had been notarized and I'd sent it as a notice to the Dept. Motor Vehicles in my state. The other time I actually had a copy of the statement in my own car.
The police backed off; the vehicle I was in as a passenger and as a driver (as well as additional riders in the back of his van) were both "free to go."
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