Police Powers

What has parliament given police powers for?

What must police respect?

Why must police respect this?

What act sets out the main police powers?

What section of this act sets out the Codes of Practice?

How many codes of practice are there?

What is code A associated with?

What is Code B associated with?

What is Code C associated with?

What is Code D associated with?

What is Code E associated with?

What is Code F associated with?

What is Code G associated with?

What is Code H associated with?

What does s1 of PACE give powers for?

What is a public place?

What must the police officer have when suspecting a person is in possession (or vehicle contains) stolen goods or prohibited articles (e.g. weapons used in connection with burglary or theft)

What is Reasonable Suspicion?
- Objective Test

What are safeguards and what do they do?

What must a police officer give when stopping and searching somebody for it to be lawful?

What were the facts in Osman v DPP (1999)?

What was the outcome of Osman V DPP? (1999)?

What were the facts for Micheal's V Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court?

What was the outcome for Micheal's V Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court?

What does s2(9) of PACE allow police to do?

What must police do if they want a more thorough search?

What does s3 of PACE state?

Code A under PACE gives guidance on when stop and search powers are used, how should they be used?

When can police base a stop and search off appearance?

What is a voluntary search?

When can a voluntary search take place?

What are other acts apart from PACE that give powers to stop and search?

What is an issue with stop and search powers? and give an example.

What is an issue with the Balance of Interests?
example.

How many stop and searches in 2010/11 led to an arrest?

when do police have powers to arrest?

What section of PACE sets out the powers to arrest?

What act substituted a new s24 in PACE?

What does the new s24(1) state?

What does s24(2) state?

What does s24(3) state?

What must the police have for an arrest to be lawful? (necessity test)

Give 3 reasonable grounds for believing an arrest is necessary

What 2 of the grounds above are open to abuse and why?

What are the facts in Richard V Chief Constable of West Midlands?

What was the outcome of Richard V Chief Constable of West Midlands?

Code of Practice G sets out the guidelines for arrest and stresses that a lawful arrest requires 2 elements, what are these?

What else does Code G state about informing those that are arrested?

What do reasonable grounds relied on?

The Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 added an extra power of arrest into PACE under s46A
What is this?

R v Howell

McConnell v Chief Constable of the Greater Manchester Police (1990) facts:

What did the Court of Appeal hold in McConnell V Chief Constable of the Greater Manchester Police (1990)?

s41 of the Terrorism Act?

How can a police officer arrest with a warrant?

what act issues written information supported by evidence showing a person has committed an offence or is suspected?

What does a warrant allow a police officer to do?

What is Manner of Arrest?

Taylor V Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police (2004)
- Lawful Arrest

What does s24a of PACE state a person other than a constable may make an arrest without a warrant? (citizens arrest)?

What reasons would a citizens arrest be made?

Where must a person who is arrested and arrived at the station be brought to?

How long can a person be detained for a summary offence?

How long can detention be extended for a summary offence (and who gives permission?)

How long can a person be detained for an indictable offence?

How long can detention for an indictable offence be extended for (and who gives permission?)

How long can a person be detained for a terrorism offence?

What happens after detention period is up?

What must happen during a period of detention?

What rights does a detained person have (CODE C)?

What section of PACE is the right to have someone informed of arrest under?

How long can the right to inform someone of arrest be delayed for? Who authorises this?

What does Code C allow for someone to inform someone of arrest?

Who does a person under 17 have to contact after arrest?

What section of PACE is the Right to Legal Advice under?

Under Code C what do suspects do with the right to legal advice?

How long can the right to legal advice be delayed for? Why?

What were the facts in R v Samuel (1988)

What was the outcome of R v Samuel (1988)

What were the facts of R v Grant (2005)

What other rights does Code C state for powers of detention

Who can be questioned by a police?

what must all interviews at a police station be?

what is the problem with police questioning a suspect before arriving at the police station?

When can police start an interview without a solicitor present?

When must there be an appropriate adult present at an interview?

What were the facts of R v Aspinall (1999)

What did the Court of Appeal rule in R v Aspinall (1999)

What does s76 of PACE state?

What is 'oppression'?

Why does the custody officer monitor treatment of suspects?

before which act was d'ts refusal to answer without adverse (going against them)?

What did the Runciman Commission consider and what did the government believe?

ss34-39 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 says:

What must be given to defendants when they are given the right to silence

Is defendants silence enough for a conviction?

Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 applies to d't aged:

Criminal Justice Act 1987

Do police have an automatic right to search when holding suspect at station?

Strip Searches (Code C)

Reason for intimate searches and who authorises?

What does an intimate search consist of?

Who must a drug search (intimate search) be done by?

Who must search for an item (intimate search) be done by?

Can police take fingerprint, non-intimate body samples e.g. hair and saliva without persons consent?

Who authorises an intimate sample?

what does an intimate sample include?

How is an intimate sample done?

Who should do an intimate sample?

How long can fingerprint & samples be kept for?

What act says that fingerprints and samples should be off the system in 3 years?

Can fingerprints be kept even if suspect isn't charged?

What system is used to identify fingerprints?

What are the grounds for taking a fingerprint / sample

Who deals with complaints of police?

Who can make a complaint?

how can a complaint be made?

What can court do with police complaints?