So just a cop’s word is good enough for you, huh?
What about the presumption of innocence? A fair trial? I suppose to you acquittals mean they’re really guilty just walked on a technicality?
You’d use false/dropped/withdrawn charges to influence your hiring decision? I hope you do and get your rear sued off.
Oh, this day and age with the idiot cops we have everywhere you too can be given a BS charge by some idiot donut-muncher.
I’m 63 years old. In my lifetime, I’ve met exactly TWO police officers whose word I would take for ANYTHING. The rest were just wannabe RAMBOs, puny punks with a chip on their shoulder, and psychologically impaired people who managed to attain some measure of undeserved power.
Yup.Why? As I said earlier,I've been around the block a few times.If you glance at my profile you can get at least an idea of how old I am.In all those years I've had *one* brush with the law.And that one brush was a ticket (which was a civil,rather than criminal,violation) and carried a maximum penalty of $50.I fought it in court and was found "not guilty" in a court proceeding that took about 5 minutes.I testified for about 2 minutes,the cop did the same,the judge said not guilty.So no $50 fine.
My point is if I can have a truly spotless record,except for that dismissed fine,over such a long period of time it cannot be that difficult.So if I see a report that has one entry over many years,that entry having been for a minor traffic violation I doubt that I'd think much of it.But if I saw anything more serious..or saw more frequent entries...I'd surely sit up and take notice.And yes,I'd expect others to do the same with me and would accept their right so to do.
This a case from Canada.Their laws may well be different.If it's decided that people like me shouldn't be able to see records of "withdrawn charges" or acquittals up there they obviously can do that and their country will reap the benefits...and the negative consequences...of such a decision.