The same approach to double jeopardy is used in the UK, France, Germany and is enshrined in the EU convention on human rights.
No one shall be liable to be tried or punished again in criminal proceedings under the jurisdiction of the same State for an offence for which he has already been finally acquitted or convicted in accordance with the law and penal procedure of that State.
Notice the word FINAL. As in Canada, in most European nations, the crown can appeal an acquittal.
(I am the above Anonymous Coward)
So asking a couple of questions is treating someone like a criminal?
It's true - most child abductions are committed by estranged parents or relatives. However it is also true that many child predators put themselves into situations where they can be "helpful" towards children and where opportunities exist to prey on children. Asking a few questions is hardly tyranny and in most cases is simply prudent.
If the same person seems to repeatedly find lost children in the subway or mall or playground etc. maybe it bears further scrutiny.
As a male, adult and parent, I have been on all sides of these situations and never had a problem.
why would an adult need to communicate with someone else's child over the internet?
I'll let you in on a secret that will blow your mind: I talked to a neighbor kid the other day - in person!. He was having problems with his calc homework and his dad called to see if I could spare a few minutes to help the boy out.
Can you imagine? Someone else's child! Right there in my dining room! And we were talking like peers without the benefit of being separated by a cinder block wall and razor wire!
So let me clarify - his father called you, and asked you to help him with his calculus.
What's your point again?
Is your career advice "inappropriate" to the extent that a HUMAN crown prosecutor (solicitor general or district attorney) is going to press charges against you?
If I ever lost my job and self respect and became a manager of a Best Buy and this happened, I would do the following:
1. Call the police - store managers in a large retail chain should have the proper orientation/training to know the procedure that is best in their jurisdiction. In Vancouver here, I believe the procedure is to call 911 and someone will triage the call and dispatch the appropriate response. Calling the police is the appropriate response because you really don't know the intentions of the "invaders". Employee and/or customer saftey or company property could be at risk.
2. Make some sort of an announcement using the store PA system advising customers and staff not to approach anyone dressed as a BB employee unless they have a Best Buy ID badge or what ever ID is used by BB. This is a judgement call - as it draws attention to the issue, but if I believed customer safety was an issue, it would be important to advise customers not to assume that people dressed in blue/khaki are not necessarily BB employees. If you didn't do this, and someone got hurt, I could be liable.
3. Assemble a security team + any available assistant managers. Give them explicit instructions that there role is to diffuse, not inflame the situation. They are to politely but firmly inform the "invaders" that the store is private property, their presence there is a privalege not a right and is now confusing customers and disrupting business and they have to leave immediately. There is no need to get personal, angry or physical, I would just ask them to leave. If they don't, have them arrested for trespassing.
There is a judgement call here. If I thought they were going to resist and put staff, customers or property at risk, I might give the instructions but wait until the police arrive. You can test the resolve of the group by simply asking several of them to leave. If they go peacefully - continue until you have the store under control. If anyone resists, assign a security dude to simply shadow them until the police arrive.
I recently moved (back) to Vancouver after 10 years in San Francisco. I tried the consulting business for about 9 months, but found it extremely hard to get connected again. Most of the work I got was back in the Bay Area - it paid the bills but....
I finally got a full time gig about 8 months ago. Now there are tons of jobs in Vancouver.
As far as the technical environment being "passe" on the west coast - I guess Ottawa is the center of the Universe. I noticed a big change in quantity of technology, but very little in quality between what is being done in Vancouver and San Francisco.
Skip Ottawa - there are only about 3 months of the year that are remotely bareble in the Nations capital.
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The same approach to double jeopardy is used in the UK, France, Germany and is enshrined in the EU convention on human rights.
No one shall be liable to be tried or punished again in criminal proceedings under the jurisdiction of the same State for an offence for which he has already been finally acquitted or convicted in accordance with the law and penal procedure of that State.
Notice the word FINAL. As in Canada, in most European nations, the crown can appeal an acquittal.
(I am the above Anonymous Coward)
So asking a couple of questions is treating someone like a criminal? It's true - most child abductions are committed by estranged parents or relatives. However it is also true that many child predators put themselves into situations where they can be "helpful" towards children and where opportunities exist to prey on children. Asking a few questions is hardly tyranny and in most cases is simply prudent. If the same person seems to repeatedly find lost children in the subway or mall or playground etc. maybe it bears further scrutiny. As a male, adult and parent, I have been on all sides of these situations and never had a problem.
why would an adult need to communicate with someone else's child over the internet?
I'll let you in on a secret that will blow your mind: I talked to a neighbor kid the other day - in person!. He was having problems with his calc homework and his dad called to see if I could spare a few minutes to help the boy out.
Can you imagine? Someone else's child! Right there in my dining room! And we were talking like peers without the benefit of being separated by a cinder block wall and razor wire!
So let me clarify - his father called you, and asked you to help him with his calculus. What's your point again?
Is your career advice "inappropriate" to the extent that a HUMAN crown prosecutor (solicitor general or district attorney) is going to press charges against you?
If I ever lost my job and self respect and became a manager of a Best Buy and this happened, I would do the following:
1. Call the police - store managers in a large retail chain should have the proper orientation/training to know the procedure that is best in their jurisdiction. In Vancouver here, I believe the procedure is to call 911 and someone will triage the call and dispatch the appropriate response. Calling the police is the appropriate response because you really don't know the intentions of the "invaders". Employee and/or customer saftey or company property could be at risk.
2. Make some sort of an announcement using the store PA system advising customers and staff not to approach anyone dressed as a BB employee unless they have a Best Buy ID badge or what ever ID is used by BB. This is a judgement call - as it draws attention to the issue, but if I believed customer safety was an issue, it would be important to advise customers not to assume that people dressed in blue/khaki are not necessarily BB employees. If you didn't do this, and someone got hurt, I could be liable.
3. Assemble a security team + any available assistant managers. Give them explicit instructions that there role is to diffuse, not inflame the situation. They are to politely but firmly inform the "invaders" that the store is private property, their presence there is a privalege not a right and is now confusing customers and disrupting business and they have to leave immediately. There is no need to get personal, angry or physical, I would just ask them to leave. If they don't, have them arrested for trespassing.
There is a judgement call here. If I thought they were going to resist and put staff, customers or property at risk, I might give the instructions but wait until the police arrive. You can test the resolve of the group by simply asking several of them to leave. If they go peacefully - continue until you have the store under control. If anyone resists, assign a security dude to simply shadow them until the police arrive.
At no point is there any need to panic.
I recently moved (back) to Vancouver after 10 years in San Francisco. I tried the consulting business for about 9 months, but found it extremely hard to get connected again. Most of the work I got was back in the Bay Area - it paid the bills but ....
I finally got a full time gig about 8 months ago. Now there are tons of jobs in Vancouver.
As far as the technical environment being "passe" on the west coast - I guess Ottawa is the center of the Universe. I noticed a big change in quantity of technology, but very little in quality between what is being done in Vancouver and San Francisco.
Skip Ottawa - there are only about 3 months of the year that are remotely bareble in the Nations capital.