Police Powers and YOUR rights

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  1. Congay

    Congay Registered User

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    Stop and account

    The police can stop anyone in a public place and ask you to account for yourself. For example, you could be asked to account for your actions, behaviour, presence in an area or possession of anything. When the police stop you and ask you for an explanation, you don't need to provide your personal details. The only time you HAVE to give your details is if the police are going to report you for a crime, ask them if this is the case if it is you MUST provide or you can be arrested. The police do not have to make a record or give you a receipt. But you may be asked to give your ethnicity.

    Stopped while driving

    Note: If you are stopped by Traffic Police you MUST at all times provide your Name, Address and DOB. This is for vehicle checks.
    You dont have to tell them where you are going or what you are doing etc.



    Stop and search

    When can the police stop and search you

    The police can stop and search any person, vehicle, and anything in or on the vehicle for certain items. However, before they stop and search they must have reasonable grounds for suspecting that they will find:

    • stolen goods, or
    • drugs, or
    • an offensive weapon, or
    • any article made or adapted for use in certain offences, for example a burglary or theft, or
    • knives, or
    • items which could damage or destroy property, for example spray paint cans.
    If a serious violent incident has taken place, the police can stop and search you without having reasonable grounds for suspecting they will find the items.

    The police can also search a football coach going to or from a football match if they have reasonable grounds for suspecting there is alcohol on board or that someone is drunk on the coach.

    The police can also stop and search you or your vehicle if they have reasonable grounds to suspect you are a terrorist. But they do not need reasonable grounds if they have been given permission to carry out searches in a particular area.

    When the police stop and search you, they must provide you with the following information before the search can begin:

    • proof of their warrant card
    • information on police powers to stop and search
    • information on your rights
    • the police officer's name and police station
    • the reason for the search
    • what they think they might find when they search you.
    If you are not given a copy of the search record, you can ask for a copy. You must do this within three months of the date of the search.

    In all of these situations where the police have a right to stop and search, they should not require you to take off in public any clothing other than an outer coat, jacket or gloves.

    A more thorough search or a strip search may take place in private, for example in a police van. A strip search must be made by a police officer of the same sex.

    If you are arrested, the police can search you for anything you might use to help you escape or for evidence relating to the offence that has led to your arrest.

    In some circumstances a police officer of the rank of inspector or above can give the police permission to make stops and searches in an area for a certain amount of time - as long as this is for no more than 24 hours. When this permission is in force the police can search for offensive weapons or dangerous instruments whether or not they have grounds for suspecting that people are carrying these items. An officer with the rank of assistant chief constable or above can also give permission for searches in an area in order to prevent acts of terrorism.

    Where can the police search you

    The police can search you in any place that is generally open to the public. This means they can search you anywhere other than your home and your garden, or the home or garden of someone who has given you permission to be there. If the police have reasonable grounds for believing that you are not, in fact, in your own home or that you are somewhere without the permission of the homeowner, they can search you. There are separate rules about when the police have powers to enter your own home .

    Can the police use force

    The police can use reasonable force when they stop and search, but must make every effort to persuade you to co-operate. They should only use force as a last resort.
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  3. forks

    forks still not dead

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    in other words they can do what the fuck they like whenever they like and you aint got a leg to stand on. They can drag you off the street if they suspect you and strip search you in the back of the van. FFS how is this different to a police state?
  4. Congay

    Congay Registered User

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    I know, whos to the say mr SMUG PIG dosnt just say "you were acting suspiciously and you have bag which could contain burglary equipment"

    The script to come out with is

    "Is this a stop and search"
    "What do you suspect me of"
    "what reason do you have to think that"
    "I want the stop and search log report after this"

    If they DONT suspect me of a crime I am going to tell them fuck all, No name or address and not telling where i am going etc.... ill probs get arrested by doing that but they will be acting illegally to do this......but iv no doubt they will just make something up like i was hanging about the back of a house or something.

    FTP

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