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Reply With QuoteI’m only a novice in the FC world (meaning I’ve just completed my 1st yr at De Montfort Uni), but I’m a little confused by the question posed!
For a start, why would they have to do a remote search if the hard-drive as already been seized?
If the hard-drives are in the possession on the police, albeit in another part of the country to a force that requires it, surely it comes down to communication. If the drives are sat on a ‘shelf’ waiting processing, and that will not take place for 18 months and the data may be of use to another force, why can it not be requested by a force so long as they can prove that it relates to a case they are building? They would have to have proved it anyway if they were the ones who initiated the original warrant.
It would then come down to which case should take precedence, and whether a joint operation should take place.
If forces are investigating the same people knowingly, and not sharing information then this is a waste of resources. If the budgets get divided up between more and more Hi-Tech or E-Crime units we will never solve this problem. Each unit needs a management structure and they don’t come cheap – so we end up protecting our positions (salaries) and not the public!
Originally Posted by kern
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