Police to appeal ruling on hand held computers

A  court ruling that outlawed the use of the hand held computers known as "pele police" is being challenged.

The National Police (PN) are seeking the repeal of a Seventh Criminal Court ruling that outlawed the use of hand held computers known as “pele police." 

Members of the legal advisory team of the PN went on Tuesday to the chambers of Judge, Felipe Fuentes to seek a legal power to become plaintiffs to file an appeal.

Meanwhile, the Ninth Circuit Attorney also asked Fuentes to clarify if the use of the equipment  was generally prohibited or whether it was a particular decision. Since October 18 the decision  banning the use  of the hand held computers has been followed.

For former judge and constitutional authority   Aura Emerita Guerra de Villalaz, the decision set an "excellent" precedent, as it was based on the fact that neither the statute nor the regulations governed the PN system.

However, she said that in her opinion the fault is not general or  for universal compliance, but only and exclusively for the parties to the process.

Security Minister, Jose Raul Mulino, preferred not to comment, although the PN, in a press release, interpreted the decision as not for  general application and that it was limited to a specific case, and the use of "a technological tool was in harmony with policing.”