Don't
install unlicensed copies of software
put it writing why you won't - I saw a very good email pro-forma earlier in the comments
DO!
maintain a complete itemised diary of all contacts with your superiors on this subject and any other topic that YOU FEEL results from your stand on this
If you can afford it, seek legal advice and keep a copy of the diary records with them
"that is, of course, assuming that the police forensics team has an ounce of competence."
for a start, any police forensics team that has an ounce of competence would be asking for the decryption key and not the encryption key...
Don't install unlicensed copies of software put it writing why you won't - I saw a very good email pro-forma earlier in the comments DO! maintain a complete itemised diary of all contacts with your superiors on this subject and any other topic that YOU FEEL results from your stand on this If you can afford it, seek legal advice and keep a copy of the diary records with them