BR wrote:
Everyone is a criminal in Blair and Brown's Brave New Britain. These records should be destroyed. The public should also be made aware that every time they report a crime or ring 999 then they create a "database" entry about them to use against them in future.
This is actually one of the things that the Coalition is looking at at the moment (retention of useless information) , BR -
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Repeal the retention of minor convictions on the police national computer
Until the end of 2006 it was possible to apply to have one's criminal record erased in the case of minor and long-ago offences. Now these offences, although they may appear on a Criminal Records Bureau reference only at police discretion, remain on the police national computer until 100 years after the death of the subject.
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It was suggested by a member of the public.
You can read the rest of the"People's Guide to Common Sense" here -
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/r...n-sense-2174157.html