Recent content by shullm

It's already happening! Not so much with law enforcement (though some do use facebook to research suspects) but in civil court! You can find out a lot about a cheating spouse on facebook, and it doesn't even have to be your page. You think your friends don't talk about you? Now that's scary...

Maybe he's had a hard time with some cowboy yanks. The "I've got LOADS of anecdotal evidence!" isn't really convincing me. Given the fact that the population of the USA is ten times that of Canada there should be tens times as many youtube videos. ;)

But under what circumstances would that occur? If the courts have ruled that TV shows like "America's Most Wanted" do not prejudice a defendants rights exactly how damaging could a facebook page be? I do agree that the "creep" reference is unnecessarily provocative.

Actually one of them is for "Dangerous Driving Causing Death" and another for "Possession of Property Obtained by Crime". A lot of them appear to be for fraud and there are several for sexual assault which is what we are talking about here.

Hey lets stay away from personal attacks. So you're saying that in Canada the police don't ever overstep their authority and commit unlawful or immoral acts? I'm not saying all cops in America are saints by any means, there are bad apples everywhere. Even in Canada.

Really? Are you sure about that? http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/wanted-recherches/index-eng.htm

Which law is that? No law of that nature exists to my knowledge.

Well now the cop didn't know he wasn't in his county until billy dumbass told him right? ;) And we don't even know if the person replying is even a cop. Just as likley to be a secretary or a warrants clerk.

Assuming you not just trolling, what system would you put in place?

Check out the website http://jeffconline.jccal.org/ it appears to be the official county website. I didn't ignore your second point, I already answered it above. If the wanted person LIVES in their county it is THEIR responsibility to track him down. No matter where the warrant is from.

Well now that I look at the original screen shot it looks like the email is for J. Self at Jefferson County something or other. Not really all that anonymous.

So your objection is the anonymity of the person posting? That I can understand. Please keep in mind that these facebook sites are often administered by several different people (at least that's how it's done for a business) so it shouldn't come as a shock that they use a generic screen name...

Wow okay, so have you ever used facebook? First trying to catch people with open warrants is "harassment" what should the police be doing? Second the cops are looking for someone who LIVES in their county, that makes it their responsibly whether the warrant is from there or mars. Third this guy...

True, something you would expect of two different countries. But I would be interested to know what "stunts" you refer to?

Keep in mind that there is a process to the issuance of an arrest warrant. The police collect evidence and then present that evidence to an impartial person who decides if there is enough to issue a warrant. That could be a magistrate (sort of like a mini judge), a judge or in the case of an...