So the other day I got off the train, with a lot of other commuters.
I was walking up the stairs an saw 2 officers standing at the top. Thinking they were rail squad I reached into my back pocket to grab my valid train ticket. As I approached the top the officer singled me out an asked only for mine and my partners train tickets. I produced my ticket to the officer, handed it to him and kept walking. I heard the officer say loudly to the other officer grab her grab Her. He told me to stop and come back which I did. He told me that he was going to conduct a search and asked if I consented to it. I told him no as I hadn't done anything wrong, I had produced a valid ticket as he requested and was there a recent crime been commited in the area for him to conduct this search. He then detained me or the purposes of a search. I asked him what the reason was he detaining me for a search.he didnt respond. I again asked him if the reason he was detaining me for a search was that of producing a valid train ticket, I told him he wasn't allowed to do that and I had done nothing wrong. He again asked me if I consented to the search and I again told him no.
He then searched my belongings and then told me I was under arrest for the purposes of another search. To which he took me to their room at the train station, called a female officer to search me, she took me.to a room inside that room, didn't bother to close the door until I asked her to shut the door, then searched me further. She told police who arrested me that nothing was found and I was free to go. My partner was arrested with cuffs after not consenting to a search. We also have a non contact dvo which the police didn't say a word about.
Would having and producing a valid train ticket upon request be grounds enough for a search on train station cctv and after not consenting to that search???
I was walking up the stairs an saw 2 officers standing at the top. Thinking they were rail squad I reached into my back pocket to grab my valid train ticket. As I approached the top the officer singled me out an asked only for mine and my partners train tickets. I produced my ticket to the officer, handed it to him and kept walking. I heard the officer say loudly to the other officer grab her grab Her. He told me to stop and come back which I did. He told me that he was going to conduct a search and asked if I consented to it. I told him no as I hadn't done anything wrong, I had produced a valid ticket as he requested and was there a recent crime been commited in the area for him to conduct this search. He then detained me or the purposes of a search. I asked him what the reason was he detaining me for a search.he didnt respond. I again asked him if the reason he was detaining me for a search was that of producing a valid train ticket, I told him he wasn't allowed to do that and I had done nothing wrong. He again asked me if I consented to the search and I again told him no.
He then searched my belongings and then told me I was under arrest for the purposes of another search. To which he took me to their room at the train station, called a female officer to search me, she took me.to a room inside that room, didn't bother to close the door until I asked her to shut the door, then searched me further. She told police who arrested me that nothing was found and I was free to go. My partner was arrested with cuffs after not consenting to a search. We also have a non contact dvo which the police didn't say a word about.
Would having and producing a valid train ticket upon request be grounds enough for a search on train station cctv and after not consenting to that search???