In message <[log in to unmask]>, Kirsty E Gray
<[log in to unmask]> writes
>Constable turned up half an hour later, gave me crime number and told me
>that he couldn't investigate as the DPA prevents getting subscriber details
>from BT. I asked him whether making death threats was a crime - he agreed
>and stated that so is making obscene calls, but that BT investigated these
>not the Police.
ACPO has a procedure, agreed with BT, for investigating this kind of
thing. And obviously, the bit about DPA is nonsense. In any event the
police would use RIPA to obtain the details from BT (if they were minded
to investigate).
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Roland Perry
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