Port of Tilbury-Police Constable

[Radman + 2,163]

This video is doing it's rounds on Social Media, long story short a UC Berkeley University Officer confronts an unlicenced illegal food vendor and ends up confiscating the blokes money from the wallet.

I've dealt with similar incidents, not through vendors but buskers and the like - from a purely British perspective no way would it be deemed acceptable to 'confiscate' or 'seize' a buskers/beggars earnings. One thing I will say which alot of people seem to be missing is that unlicenced vendors selling food there is a potential health risk there, I don't know what kind of training/qualifications are needed to serve food in the US but if someone got sick from a bad hotdog what recourse would they have if the unlicenced, untrained vendor just packs up and leaves? 

None...

That being said I'm not too sure about the confiscation of cash.

 

[James255 + 26]

It doesn't seem right, as he may not have even earned that money, he may have had it in his wallet before trading.

[Pete 1,492]

8 hours ago, Radman said:

I've dealt with similar incidents, not through vendors but buskers and the like - from a purely British perspective no way would it be deemed acceptable to 'confiscate' or 'seize' a buskers/beggars earnings. 

 

Ive arrested beggars before and seized their money. Don't feel bad about it either, i've found some of them to have in excess of £2k in their bag. 

 

[Reasonable Man + 1,231]

Ive arrested beggars before and seized their money. Don't feel bad about it either, i've found some of them to have in excess of £2k in their bag. 
 

What happened to the money?

[Radman + 2,163]

15 hours ago, Pete said:

Ive arrested beggars before and seized their money. Don't feel bad about it either, i've found some of them to have in excess of £2k in their bag. 

 

Not something I'd do.

[Cathedral Bobby + 1,174]

22 minutes ago, Radman said:

Ive arrested beggars before and seized their money. Don't feel bad about it either, i've found some of them to have in excess of £2k in their bag. 

 

Beggars belief

[Hyphen + 693]

16 hours ago, Pete said:

Ive arrested beggars before and seized their money. Don't feel bad about it either, i've found some of them to have in excess of £2k in their bag. 

 

Did you go down the proceeds of crime act route? Possession of criminal property? I've actually thought about whether this would ever be ran with for persistent beggars. I guess if youre talking a couple of grand it makes sense.