On Oct 6, 10:15=A0pm, James Hammerton wrote:
> grimus...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
>
> > 24 hrs.
>
> What's special about 24 hours? Why not 12? or 48?
>
24 hours simply requires that there is someone available to make a
decision 7 days a week, and gives them time to make a decision. If
you charge someone with terrorism I think you want a high ranking
officer to make the call. You might need to get the chief in at the
weekend but that's the price of a senior position.
48 hours doesn't get you anything extra.72 might but seems a high cost
just to avoid having someone work an occasional 6 day week.
12 hours? The police take someone in at 7pm on a Friday. Takes them
a couple of hours to decide this is the guy they want. It means they
need to get the high ranking officer in by 7am. This would require
that someone is on call at all times. Could be done but the 12 extra
hours of detention isn't that great a hardship. |