Ask dgodlewski

I think this is a pretty good idea, seeing as he knos quite a lot about legal rights etc and can probably help a lot of people.
Saves heaps of threads being made also.
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Hey dgodlewski.. Im from NewZealand and I no alot of laws are different here to american laws, do you have any sites with New Zealand laws as well?
Much appreciated.

No I don’t really... when I get a chance I will look. Even if I do find it I will only be able to quote from the site. All the stuff that is about American law I usually know and only use a website to confirm or see how it is interpreted differently then in my mind and my city I work in.

But as for asking me things, yes I am open to it, so go ahead and ask away. One stipulation is that please keep it serious and keep the questions about serious legal matters, not "I egged a house, what can happen," cause the answer is "police have bigger things to deal with then kids egging houses."

Good idea

If someone of your position found a video online that contained illegal acts with no distinguishable features (no place names, faces blurred out etc), what would they do about it, or nothing at all?

A person in my position would be able to do nothing. Unless in the video I recognized off chance where it happened there is nothing I can do. The big thing you guys need to realize is police, at least in most cities, have much larger issues to deal with then kids fuckin around and wont spend 1000's of dollars on an investigation into petty shit. While your skating on private property I may be dealing with a husband who has beaten his wife unconscious, so in the big scheme of things.... all of what your afraid of we wont do shit about unless we catch you in the actual act.

dgodlewski?!?! who the fuck is this bitch?

Look through the legal sections.....I hope your not the example of the intelligence on these boards.

or you could just tell me....

hes got a point just tell him and the rest of us who dont now

I responded that way for the sense of how I was asked.

Now I guess I will do a official introduction for those of you who do not read the legal section very often. I have been a fan of homegrown for quiet sometime as you can see from my join date and member number. I don't have a group nor any vids so I was thinking of a way I can contribute to these forums and homegrown in general. I have been involved in law enforcement in a variety of capacities over the past few years and now am a part time officer for a city in Minnesota USA. Now before people jump on me and call me a deuschbag, bitch, lazy or whatever derogatory term you have for cops, look up my posts and you will see I have been giving advice on how to stay OUT of trouble, and I am NOT here to get you into trouble. I am here to give you an inside look into how we go about what we do and give you advice from the inside. I am very well versed in laws that would apply to homegrown in the United States being its what I do for a living, but as for other countries... to be blunt I don't know jack shit. If you don't like me cause of what I do that's fine, your not the first and most defiantly wont be the last, but just refrain from making comments about it because I have heard just about every one under the sun and they won't hurt my feelings as I am very used to it, they just get old when they are unoriginal. As for those who will treat me with some decent respect I am willing to offer legal advice where I can with the best of my knowledge or give you resources that do know if I don't.

OK, say my friend is graffiting a wall, and I am standing next to it?

Can I be arrested?

Summary

I AM A COP
I LIKE CHEESE SO I LIVE IN MINNESOTA
I AM IGNORANT TO OTHER COUNTRY'S LEGAL SYSTEMS
I WONT HELP YOU IF YOUR NOT AMERICAN

Im not even going to dignify that with a real responce. You make me laugh.

(btw, Wisconsin USA is the "cheese state" not Minnesota, Wisconsin is next door to Minnesota so I will at least give you that and say your not that "ignorant" about the United States)

Thats because I got jokes... just call me Bernie Mac...

Technically yes you can. I can charge you as an aiding a criminal act by putting you in the report as being a "lookout." Basically if you’re there while a crime is being committed on your own free will, you are involved with that crime to some extent even if you did not actually commit the criminal act. My ability to prove that is quiet slim being you could honestly have nothing to do with it. I usually do not charge people with aiding a criminal act because it comes to be more of a clusterfuck than anything if they decide to put up a fight in court. But I can guarantee I will put you in my sqaud for a while and make it an inconnivance for you as I take care of all your friends tickets, fines and paperwork.

Hmmm yeah, I was arrested for that last week, If I had actually had to have gone to court, I would have put up a fight.

Thanks man.

The number one piece of advice I could ever offer anyone is ALWAYS go to court to fight your tickets and fines. 8 times outta 10 they will lower it or take it off your record if you show the initiative to come in and plead your case. There are many steps in the legal system before you are required to pay the fine, and each step you go through it cost the courts more money and more money, so they will make you an offer to keep those cost down almost always. The courts just count on people bending over and just paying the fines with nothing more than that. And the worst that can happen if you go to court is you have to pay the fine you already have, you cant be charged for more, so you cant lose anything in that sense.

wow that last posted helped out alot, thanks man

dgodlewski gunna be so handy to have on here

Thanks for the help

Another question; Say I am able to get a cop on his own, with no witnesses around and he reads me my rights. Then when it comes to court, would I be able to say I was not given them properly/not at all to help my case?

Most likely not. As for my city all of our sqauds have cameras in them and I wear a microphone that is connected to it so it records everything I say within, I think it is 100 yards of the car. So even if I am alone I have video and audio proof of what I did. As for departments who don’t have this technology its still a no. There is a misconception of when you have to have your rights read to you, they only legally have to be read to you before you are questioned and not at the exact time your arrested. That’s what your Miranda rights protect you from, is self incrimination, not arrest. If the officer begins to question you about your crime then he must read you them, but almost always if there is going to be serious interrogation of a crime he will do that with someone else, and that someone else will ask you if you have been read your rights and if you understand them. It could be 4 hours from the time you are arrested until you are questioned, and you would not have been obligated to have your rights read to you until that time.

Miranda Rights:

You have the right to remain silent.
Anything you say can and will be used against you in the court of law.
You have the right to an attorney, if you can not afford one, one will be appointed to you.
Do you understand these rights as I have told you?

yes I have

this is THC, the dude that was complaining about you doodle..
LOL
http://homegrownforums.com/index.php?act=A...pe=post&id=4032

Fuck, is this a cop?

Why is a Cop on Homegrown Forums?

Cops enjoy Homegrown too, Al.

Anyways, I PMed you dgodlewski, reply whenever you get time.

yeah... my point exactaly... I tried to warn everyone but they want him here... he an american cop al... your american too right? Hmmm...

So am I...we're outside of his jurisdiction (sp?) though.

Dude are you mental. My theory, there planning on shutting down alot of groups, they can still talk to other forces, have you ever seen any police case thing. That dude should have to sign some kind of non-disclosure agreement seriously.

I HAVE 50 POUNDS OF WEED UNDER MY BED AND I SMOKE WEED EVERYDAY.

There, lets test your theory funk.

Wilbur, did you film you smoking weed and the weed under your bed?

Do you know bs about the law? We have links to videos on here featuring us doing illegal shit and talking about illegal shit, even coping to illegal shit we got away with.

Thats totally differn't.

I haven't ever posted anything illegal or even my full name on here ever for a reason dude. I know the law.