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>The tribunal did not find grounds for compensation or remedies for the three claimants, as the force had acted within the law I totally agree that they should
by drweevil 1y ago
>The tribunal did not find grounds for compensation or remedies for the three claimants, as the force had acted within the law
I totally agree that they should be held responsible. Acting "within the law" is not sufficient. Their job is to get it right. They got it wrong. Doesn't matter how; tech is not infallible, and they should know and consider that before ruining someone's reputation based solely on an IP address. Other forensic evidence is not treated in this cavalier manner. Neither should computer tech. I thought they might have learned this lesson after the Post Office scandal, but apparently not.
- ratelimitsteve 1y agothey did learn their lesson after the post office scandal. They learned that they make the law, and can just declare themselves not responsible for their own actions, and that far from disqualifying them from management decisions the fact that machines can't be held accountable makes them a nifty layer of insulation between people who hurt people and people who get hurt. They'll still arrest you for implying support for forbidden ideas, though. Not for actually hurting people, and evidently not for child sex abuse in some cases, but there always seems to be a spare officer available if someone has an idea that enough people find unpleasant.