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bluewindow

Member since
July 2023

2 posts

Posted Mon July 31, 2023 8:39amReport post

Hi,

First time posting. My dad was trapped by vigilante group. He is old, suffers from mental health issues. He doesn't know even know how to operate mobile properly. Unfortunately one his friends set him up facebook account which led to him sending friend request to the decoy.

It was shock to us. He has been charged for communication etc.

I was wondering as I live with my parents. I take care of them. I heard when the visor(police) come round they search the property. In the house it is me, mum and dad.

Will they be going through my room? Also I have a room which is my office, will they go through that?

My mum is also frustrated as she doesn't want people going through her things etc.

Thanks in advance

scaredandconfused

Member since
June 2021

437 posts

Posted Mon July 31, 2023 10:25amReport post

The visor person my oh has came with probation before and they just checked round the house but that was because we have children and they wanted to check everything like baby monitors were where we said they was and we was trying to get our SS case closed. The last visit and the very first one they just asked where they could go which was living room we sat they checked his phone had a chat and left probably ten minutes at most

edel2020

Member since
March 2022

375 posts

Posted Mon July 31, 2023 10:27amReport post

Bluewindow

Are you talking about a search before someone has been convicted, or afterwards?

The police normally search for the evidence first, before bringing charges, but you say he has already been charged?

Did the charges arrive through the post? Has he been interviewed by the police? They may feel as if they have enough evidence already, so no need to search the property.

Edited Mon July 31, 2023 10:31am

bluewindow

Member since
July 2023

2 posts

Posted Mon July 31, 2023 4:18pmReport post

Hi,

We have had the first search, and questioning,charge etc. (That was whole nightmare in itself, as you do not know what is happening and first time in my life police come into the home).

I am talking about after he has been charged and they come around. I read in papers that they find people breaking their shpo finding devices. So I am gussing they search peoples property to find the devices.



Or do the police not search the property, on their regular visit?

scaredandconfused

Member since
June 2021

437 posts

Posted Tue August 1, 2023 1:41pmReport post

We've never had our property searched

edel2020

Member since
March 2022

375 posts

Posted Wed August 2, 2023 10:45amReport post

They wouldn't do a search, unless they had a reason to be suspicious. They may want to check any devices that he has access to though, inclding shared devices.

JulieM

Member since
July 2023

76 posts

Posted Sat August 5, 2023 12:18pmReport post

Hi bluewindow,

We had VISOR round, and they didn't search the house. They did have a look at my OH's search activity on his tablet and installed tracking hardware on it that will flag up if he starts looking at illegal content. They would need a search warrant to search the property which seems unlikely.