SL Cops - Useful Tips - Read & Remember for your protection

I got this as a e-mail. Worth to know

Sri Lankan Cops - Useful Tips

1. A single Cop, CANNOT stop you on the road !

(it's prohibited and you are not suppose to Stop either !) 

2. A single cop CANNOT seize your driving license ! 

3. Only a 'traffic control' cop has the authority to request

anything MORE than your NIC when you are behind wheels. 

4. A single traffic cop NEVER can press charges against you.

HE MUST HAVE A WITNESS IF DOES SO. 

5. That's why you always find 'two' cops together 

6. Police is a peace controlling force.  NOT AN ARMED FORCE !!!

They are prohibited by LAW to carry anything more than a BATON !

(but due to the prevailing WAR, they are issued Guns by a supreme

court ruling,till the war ENDS) 

7. So, if a Cop pulls a gun on you, YOU CAN sue him !!! 

8. If a COP claims that you are drunk, you have the FULL right

to ask for a 'balloon test', if they DO NOT HAVE it in

their possession on the time of your request, you can GO. 

9. Only Traffic Cops have the RIGHT to stop any moving

vehicle. (that's why you find at least 1 normal cop in

every checkpoint even though they are manned by Army) 

10. COPS, CANNOT ENTER YOUR HOME OR WORK 

PREMISES without a    court Order. You have the

FULLEST right ASK for it, if they try to enter and

also DENY their entrance if you 'feel' like it. 

11. A traffic cop CANNOT seize your driving license UNTIL he

 fully states the crime you have committed and the relating

penal code violation. If he is unsuccessful in stating

them, you can go free 

12. If a traffic cop seizes your license by force and ask you

to come to the police station to collect it. DO NOT GO !

Lodge a complain directly to Police commission or the

 'Provincial IGP', YOU can get the cop SACKED for his

misconduct and unruly behaviour. 

13. (for girls), If a COP asks for your Identifications and

(if you think he's doing it on purpose to harass you)

you CAN deny his request. He cannot arrest you ! you have the RIGHT to request for a Female Police officer. 

14. (for Girls) If you are asked to be Body checked, it's your

right to get it done by a female cop. If they don't have

one in present, DENY their action. 

PASS IT ON..