Scenario City

This is a scenario that happened to me the other night. I was wondering how other people would have handled it. Two of you are on foot patrol in a busy town centre on a weekend night. You stop a male to ask him to account for his presence. The male, although providing his details, is not particularly cooperative and keeps on shouting at the stopping officers, making a fuss and drawing attention from people around. You have stopped the male in front of a pub with lots of drinkers standing outside. Quite a few are watching you but not interfering. One male drinking begins to shout at you as you are dealing with the stop. He is clearly intoxicated. You ask him to be quiet. …

Hi all, Just been reading up on the "Officer Down memorial page" for the US, and came across this recent event resulting in the death of a police officer. If the same happened over here, would the guy who was fleeing police be charged with the officers death, or would the person who pulled out be charged with manslaughter? (or neither?) Thanks in advance. Obviously i'm not a police officer so by saying manslaughter I might be barking up the wrong tree as there are probably other offences to do with vehicle accidents.

It's late and I've been busying away with work I have. Something has been puzzling me for a while is what the outcome would be from the following situation: A property is broken into. One of the two occupants of the property manages to tackle the individual who broke in. There is a brief struggle with the occupant having got the potential thief restrained. The restraining method is with the occupant sat on the person's behind, with the person face down and his arms held back. It is during the struggle that the other occupant of the property went to call 999. No parties involved were armed with weapons, with the only injuries being sustained by the occupant and "thi…

I was visiting my sister recently when I caught sight of a neighbour's house, which had something rather objectionable written on the living room window, ”If people can see that from the path outside," I said, ”that's a Section 5 Public Order Act offence." "There is no path tnere,” said my sister. "The only people who would see it are those who are in my house." "Ah." So, as the offensive message is visible only to people in other dwellings, is there anything that can be brought to bear on the situation other than an appeal to common decency? And while we're on the subject, even if there was an offence under s5 POA, I notice that it's a summary-only offence, so there'…

What would you do if you saw one of these hanging from the belt of a security officer in a shop: http://www.niton999.co.uk/products.expande...p;direction=ASC Image Copyright Niton Equipment & Training Another sub-scenario, what would you do if you saw someone walking their dog at night with one. (nice dog not a pitbull, minding their own business)

Joe Bloggs was visiting friends which he intended to stay the night with. He consumed a quantity of alcohol which is reasonable to assume would put him over the limit. One of Joe's friends then, after consuming drink and drugs, got into an argument with Joe and threatened to set his dog onto Joe. Joe, in fear for his life and/or safety, ran to his car and drove away as this was his only means of escape. You pull him over as he had a light out on the back, he wasn't driving dangerously or speeding. He fails on the draeger and later blows 70 on the intoximeter. I would be interested in your humble opinion; do you think he has a valid defence?

You're in central London and spot a black cab with four passengers in the back. There are, of course, seatbelts fitted but none of the passengers are using them. Three of the passengers are adults, and one is aged 4. Do you stop the taxi and issue the passengers FPNs for their lack of seatbelts? If not, why not? Assuming that you do issue tickets, does the cabbie get one for the 4 year old (as would be the case in a private vehicle)? Few people belt up in taxis - even those who wouldn't consider it in a private vehicle. Also, it seems that even officers who are actively looking for seatbelt offences don't consider stopping taxis with unrestrained fares. What gi…

Hey all, I would like to get peoples opinions on this (real scenario) You, as the police officer, doing your bit in the community stop a group of youths standing around a part of the canal (known for youths 'boozing' and 'Gangfighting'). You start taking details from them and search them for weapons, alcohol etc. Whilst searching one youth it appears he/she is wearing a stab proof vest, you imediately un-zip their jacket and the vest has blue and white checks on it (but with no actual police badges). My question would be, what would you say to the youth and how would you react with him/her? I would really appreciate your opinion on this (Scottish and English views), a…

It's a typical Friday night in an average town centre. The cells are filling up, there are only a few spaces free and it's still reasonably early in the evening. A slightly intoxicated male, who is of large-build and a loud voice has been remonstrating with a doorman at a local club. He's not said anything offensive, but the doorman is still wary of him simply because of the male's physical presence. You arrive on scene and decide the best course of action is to get the male to leave the area as you fear that leaving him in the area could result in disorder later in the evening. However the male says he's not done anything wrong and doesn't want to leave. As a resul…

You're foot patrol, alone or paired, come across somebody that looks suspicious/you suspect to have committed a crime - hell perhaps you know he's committed a crime for argument's sake. Anyway, this guy of considerable physical presence is just standing there facing you - you want to approach him, you ask him to take his hands out of his pockets - he flatly refuses. What should be done at this point? It's not as if he's committing an offence by keeping his hands in his pockets? But he could easily be concealing a weapon, getting within a certain distance would be foolhardy not knowing what he has in hand. You can't exactly just wack him over the head with an ASP I ass…

Say for example you are called to a job when a man is sitting down on the floor right next to an ATM machine. Members of the public have called this in as they are finding him quite intimidating, they say he is begging although he denies this. The man is arguing he is allowed to sit here if he wants to? He is quite right, do we have any powers to move him on? I would like to think in most cases a friendly word of advice, do you mind moving somewhere else would work, but in this guys case? Are there any offences here and do we have any powers to move him on?

Scenario: DAVIES is sitting in his living room one evening watching TV and partly listening to the youths outside who have occasionally been known to be a nuisance in the area. There is a public pathway directly outside DAVIES' living room terrace window. DAVIES suddenly hears scratching on his living room window from the outside and a few whispers and giggles which he can hear through his window which is open. He approaches the window and pulls the curtain and vertical blinds to one side where he sees JONES (a youth known to him from previous experience) standing on the path outside with several other youths. JONES then reaches in his pocket and pulls out an object w…

Hi All, This happened to me last night, 12pm on the town centre...I was speaking to a gang of about 10 lads, many with face masks & balaclavas and told to remove them under S60AA (Which was in place) and then searched them under S60 for offensive weapons. I find a pool ball on one and arrest him for possession of an offensive weapon. Upon arrival at the nick it's clear the custody officer is not happy but authorizes his detention and states he wants him interviewing straight away... an hour later he is released no charge. He didn't have a sock for it (although clearly he was wearing two) so it was not adapted for a weapon, but my reasoning would be that he intended…

A colleague from my day job (who has nowt to do with the police) apparently witnessed this earlier today in a supermarket, and I'm just interested in what others would have done if they came across this situation on duty. I'm particularly interested in what you would do on duty, as I don't really want another off duty debate. A girl about three years old is sat in a trolley screaming her head off, when her mum grabs her by the hair and yells at her 'will you shut the f*** up?'. Dad is also nearby and both parents are effing and blinding at each other, whilst this kid continues screaming. If it were me I would certainly be getting full details of all parties and submit…

This was brought up in another thread. The hypothetical facts Let's use the example of Bob and his partner (not married) Jenny. Bob owns his own house outright. Bob and Jenny have lived together in the same house for 15 years. Bob and Jenny lead a perfectly happy life in the North of England. Bob wants to move to Devon for a new job. Jenny has a sick relative nearby who she intends to care for, she refuses to move. Bob sells the house and the new owners arrive. Bob and Jenny split up at this point due to the fact of Jenny's obsession with refusing to move. Bob arrives in Devon single. Jenny confronts the new owners simply stating she is refusing to leave the pr…