Zusammenfassung der Ressource
The Role of The Police
- Crime Prevention
- Community Policing
- Physical presence
- On foot or in a car.
- CCTV
- Education Campiagns
- Educating people on how to look after their possessions or the consequences of crimes such as knife carrying and drink driving.
- 2010 education campaign to reduce knife crime
- Schools
- Adverts: TV, Billboards
- Catching Criminals
- It is the job of the police to capture those they believe to have committed crime.
- It is not the job of the police to decide...
- Whether you have committed a crime.
- Whether you should appear in court
- What punishment, if any, you should receive.
- A police officer can stop and question you of you are suspected of committing a crime
- Once you have given the police your name and address, it is up to them to decide whether they want to ask you more questions
- The police can detain you for up to 24 hours at the police station.
- They then decide either to arrest or release you.
- Maintaining Public Order
- Managing large crowds
- Sporting occasions
- Demonstrations
- Priorities
- Public Safety
- Those who are involved do not break the law.
- Managing Traffic
- Traffic police
- Responsibilities
- Enforcing road traffic laws
- Traffic management
- Road safety
- Speeding motorists and drunk drivers are the obvious and serious road issues that traffic police deal with.