How much info do the police hold about you

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I have a couple of friends and neighbours that are police and I was thinking how much info can they pull up about me ???

I dont mean crimanal activity never done a thing myself. The thought of some bloke called bubba in the shower and me dropping my soap :eek: kept me on the straight and narrow ;)

So what personal stuff can they pull ?? do they know if I am working or not working
If they can I think that is out of order..In know I would look if I could :D

So what do you think ??
 
Data Protection etc stops the police from getting information on neighbours. They can only access information if its inline with their enquiry.
There have been lots of internal investigations where a police officer has used systems to find out information about a ex-partners new partner.
I know that in my force that anyone using systems for personal reasons only is a breach of discipline and its a sackable offence.
 
ScoobyDoo said:
Data Protection etc stops the police from getting information on neighbours. They can only access information if its inline with their enquiry.
There have been lots of internal investigations where a police officer has used systems to find out information about a ex-partners new partner.
I know that in my force that anyone using systems for personal reasons only is a breach of discipline and its a sackable offence.
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So it is down to the morals of the person in question ? do they have to state reason in a search then ?? could they get away with it with out anyone knowing ?
and what can they find out if they do break the Data Protection act
 
Doesn't every search get registered, and have to be justified?

Anyway, I believe they can do background checks on new neighbours to make sure there is nothing untoward, or could compromise their position?
 
JBuk said:
no idea tbh, I once got told off for cycling in a pedestrian area ?
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I got a £30 for that! I wasn't even cycling (was gliding along standing on one pedal) and it's a long, wide, empty pedestrianised road which even the police think you should be able to cycle down but apparently there's a '200 year old bylaw' which says you can't

also the Police officer said that tehy warn people on twitter when they're going to be patrolling that area giving otu fines to make it fair... HOW DOES THAT MAKE IT FAIR? forcing people to have twitter accounts to avoid a £30 fine... also it's not really fair to give people a warning, if the police force really meant what they were doing they'd do it with no warning.

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I work in NHS Clinical Governance and the police are there all the time trying to get personal information about patients but our Data Protection Manager is hard as nails.
She keeps a rule book on her desk and slowly goes down the list with them to see if they can have it and 99% of the time the answer is no.
 
jimbobaggies said:
Doesn't every search get registered, and have to be justified?
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Every search is audited and you may be called to justify that search.

jimbobaggies said:
Anyway, I believe they can do background checks on new neighbours to make sure there is nothing untoward, or could compromise their position?
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Nope, that's not a permissible use of the databases. It needs to be in relation to your duties. You'd find it hard to justify that search.
 
jimbobaggies said:
Doesn't every search get registered, and have to be justified?
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It does. Access to PNC, ANPR, Intel and indeed all police systems has to be justified and linked to a legitimate police enquiry. Passwords are kept secure with the user ( or certainly should be ) and there is an audit trail that leads back to the person accessing and/or the person requesting.

Contrary to popular belief and media hype, police cannot just dig out information on people for the hell of it and any misuse of these systems it rigorously investigated by Professional Standards and rightly so.

Anyway, I believe they can do background checks on new neighbours to make sure there is nothing untoward, or could compromise their position?
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The cop who is moving cannot. He or she has to register with personnel that they intend moving and checks will be done by that or another relevant department. If the check was done by the cop and for that purpose there would be hell to pay for misuse.

For HQ to check out a place or area to see if suitable to live in is essential so as not to compromise or place the officer and family in any jeopardy. Last thing you want is to live nextdoor to a dealer etc.
 
so if for example I thought somone had done a search can I ask them to investigate the matter ?

also what info do they hold? or is that classified ?
 
dmpoole said:
I work in NHS Clinical Governance and the police are there all the time trying to get personal information about patients but our Data Protection Manager is hard as nails.
She keeps a rule book on her desk and slowly goes down the list with them to see if they can have it and 99% of the time the answer is no.
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That might be my mum!!!
 
Von Smallhausen said:
The cop who is moving cannot. He or she has to register with personnel that they intend moving and checks will be done by that or another relevant department. If the check was done by the cop and for that purpose there would be hell to pay for misuse.

For HQ to check out a place or area to see if suitable to live in is essential so as not to compromise or place the officer and family in any jeopardy. Last thing you want is to live nextdoor to a dealer etc.
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I did question mark my response, but long story short; moved house with mum & dad, person 2 doors away was a copper, started seeing his daughter who is now my wife and partner of 14 years, we also have 2 children. Anyway, after we had been going out for a while she told me that he had us checked out when my mum and dad had bought the house...
 
dmpoole said:
I work in NHS Clinical Governance and the police are there all the time trying to get personal information about patients but our Data Protection Manager is hard as nails.
She keeps a rule book on her desk and slowly goes down the list with them to see if they can have it and 99% of the time the answer is no.
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I'm struggling to think of a legitimate reason for the police to need to access this information where a doctor wouldn't be requesting/accessing it directly?

There is nothing stopping NHS workers (who have access) casually accessing your hospital records. It's the nurses that you need to keep an eye on. :p
 
jimbobaggies said:
I did question mark my response, but long story short; moved house with mum & dad, person 2 doors away was a copper, started seeing his daughter who is now my wife and partner of 14 years, we also have 2 children. Anyway, after we had been going out for a while she told me that he had us checked out when my mum and dad had bought the house...
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If he had a genuine concern and went through the proper channels via line manager etc then maybe it was justified and I must stress that I surmise if he had a concern.

If he checked for his own curiosity then it is not justified.
 
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