In my story, I wanted to have a corrupt cop be guilty of felonies, but he becomes morally conscience stricken and wants to turn himself in and bring not only himself, but the others to justice.
However, this is tricky to write, because he is a cop. I was doing research, and in the law, a crook is allowed to turn in evidence on the people he is working with and that evidence will be admissible in court.
But if an officer tries it, it in a lot of instances, it will be considered legally tainted.
For example, if an officer spies on the others with a parabolic microphone and records their conversations without a warrant, the evidence is inadmissible. But if a crook does it, then it can be I read.
Or if a crook broke into his associates house, and took some physical evidence of a crime, such as a murder weapon, like a gun where forensics can be compared, and then turned it in, it can be used. But if it a cop does it, then it's tainted cause a cop cannot break into places and have the evidence be admissible.
However, since my character is a cop wanting to turn good, I thought he would be very limited in what he can do. But I asked a cop and did some further research and the cop said that a cop only needs warrants, and probable cause and things like that, if he is acting as an officer of the law. Since this cop in my story is already a criminal, and already involved in the criminal activity, that rule does not apply to him, the officer told me.
Now the mole does not want to turn himself in until he gets hard evidence on the villains activity first. No use turning yourself in and going to jail unless he has done some good out of first, he figures. So he doesn't tell his superiors and goes out and attempts to get the proof on his own.
I am rethinking a lot of the story, and I thought that another cop who happens to be on the case, the MC, can maybe help him and they can team up instead of having both of them working from opposite ends for their duration of the story.
However, legally would this be able to fly in court? A cop can only break into a house and get evidence that is admissible if the cop happens to be a police mole, working for the gang and has turned good, and not an honest cop on the investigation.
But if the MC who is investigating it, decides to team up with the mole, could this work legally? If the mole decides to get evidence in ways without a warrant or wire tap permission, can he do so, and then give it to the MC who can help him along the way, but he would be helping someone, who is committing breaking and entering and recording conversations without permission to get evidence? Can the MC still protect him as he does it and assist him in that area, but not the actual areas of the B & E and recordings?
What do you think?
However, this is tricky to write, because he is a cop. I was doing research, and in the law, a crook is allowed to turn in evidence on the people he is working with and that evidence will be admissible in court.
But if an officer tries it, it in a lot of instances, it will be considered legally tainted.
For example, if an officer spies on the others with a parabolic microphone and records their conversations without a warrant, the evidence is inadmissible. But if a crook does it, then it can be I read.
Or if a crook broke into his associates house, and took some physical evidence of a crime, such as a murder weapon, like a gun where forensics can be compared, and then turned it in, it can be used. But if it a cop does it, then it's tainted cause a cop cannot break into places and have the evidence be admissible.
However, since my character is a cop wanting to turn good, I thought he would be very limited in what he can do. But I asked a cop and did some further research and the cop said that a cop only needs warrants, and probable cause and things like that, if he is acting as an officer of the law. Since this cop in my story is already a criminal, and already involved in the criminal activity, that rule does not apply to him, the officer told me.
Now the mole does not want to turn himself in until he gets hard evidence on the villains activity first. No use turning yourself in and going to jail unless he has done some good out of first, he figures. So he doesn't tell his superiors and goes out and attempts to get the proof on his own.
I am rethinking a lot of the story, and I thought that another cop who happens to be on the case, the MC, can maybe help him and they can team up instead of having both of them working from opposite ends for their duration of the story.
However, legally would this be able to fly in court? A cop can only break into a house and get evidence that is admissible if the cop happens to be a police mole, working for the gang and has turned good, and not an honest cop on the investigation.
But if the MC who is investigating it, decides to team up with the mole, could this work legally? If the mole decides to get evidence in ways without a warrant or wire tap permission, can he do so, and then give it to the MC who can help him along the way, but he would be helping someone, who is committing breaking and entering and recording conversations without permission to get evidence? Can the MC still protect him as he does it and assist him in that area, but not the actual areas of the B & E and recordings?
What do you think?
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. Well the MC is the other cop, yes. And he doesn't report the corrupt cops activities, cause he wants to bust the gang and bring them in on charges first. So does the corrupt cop. So they are both in it, without the interest of telling anyone cause by not telling anyone they can bust the gang first, before going forward with the corrupt cop's activities, or that is at least how I thought of writing it, so they could work alone.