Back story: I had a message from former co-tenant/head tenant where I lived I had letters there, he opened one and sent me a photo, says he’ll keep them for me if I want them come get them I say okay, go over, then messages I don’t know where they are, I threw them out already, so was f***ing with me about giving them to me. Refuses to hand over mail.
I contacted police twice, and have have both officers tell me it’s not a crime and that whoever posses the mailbox owns the mail in it. And the tenant can do whatever they want with someone else’s mail. Which doesn’t make sense because it could be sensitive information, credit card, ipad from amazon etc - it’s not their property.
criminal code act 1995 division 471 covers this and it would be theft, damaging mail, tampering with mail and a few things, second cop tells me that only applies to mail taken from the mailbox I reside it by someone outside. And again above, that whoever lives at the address owns all mail even if it’s intended for someone else like a former tenant, and that the legislation is only intended for that and not to protect former tenants mail, and “I’m telling you it’s not a crime”.
The police refused to make a report so I cannot get a report ID.
I am sure it’s a crime given the legislation - I cannot find anywhere that backs up the polices version of the legislation - who is right here? Is it a crime? Or are the police right and the current tenant can owns the former tenants mail and can do whatever they want with it?
Ideally I am looking for either something the police cannot refute, or something that proves me wrong in black and white
legislation
I contacted police twice, and have have both officers tell me it’s not a crime and that whoever posses the mailbox owns the mail in it. And the tenant can do whatever they want with someone else’s mail. Which doesn’t make sense because it could be sensitive information, credit card, ipad from amazon etc - it’s not their property.
criminal code act 1995 division 471 covers this and it would be theft, damaging mail, tampering with mail and a few things, second cop tells me that only applies to mail taken from the mailbox I reside it by someone outside. And again above, that whoever lives at the address owns all mail even if it’s intended for someone else like a former tenant, and that the legislation is only intended for that and not to protect former tenants mail, and “I’m telling you it’s not a crime”.
The police refused to make a report so I cannot get a report ID.
I am sure it’s a crime given the legislation - I cannot find anywhere that backs up the polices version of the legislation - who is right here? Is it a crime? Or are the police right and the current tenant can owns the former tenants mail and can do whatever they want with it?
Ideally I am looking for either something the police cannot refute, or something that proves me wrong in black and white
legislation