Scenario City

You are working on an operation to stop drugs entering the area by people trafficking substance by cars. You stop a vehicle that has intelligence on it suggesting that the occupants are dealing cocaine and stash the load amongst their 6 month old babies toys, crib etc. Upon compliantly stopping the vehicle you begin to speak to the occupants which consist of one male driver and a female passenger who has a baby in her arms (never mind about the child seat laws). Both are extremely nervous and twitchy. You spot a white substance around the babies clothing and decide a sec 23 of car occupants and baby is necessary. After explaining that the occupants and car are going t…

Not entirely sure about whether this should go here or in the General Policing fora. Anywho...My friends can have violent streaks in their sense of humour, which includes general poking, attacking with umbrellas and shoe stealing. I know it's all light hearted and fun, but also terribly annoying, and I warn them that, usuing a loosely police self-defence system, if I feel I need to, i'll defend myself. The problem is, when I put my friends into armlocks or whatever (please note, this is all in jest and armless, sorry, harmless *groans*) they're fairly weak because I don't want to hurt my friends, of course, and they'll often fight back , knowing that i'll hurt them more…

Hi, I was reading about a situation over the pond about some police officers who responded to a 911 call about loud screaming coming from a neighbours home, and when the police investigated, a male answered the door and said the screaming was just loud sex, and his partner confirmed it. Now, if this was you investigating, what would you do in this situation? Say "ok, sorry to disturb you" and go on your way? Ask to check the house, just in case the people aren't telling the truth? There is a big debate on another forum about this and a lot of people claiming the police did the wrong thing by checking the house for possible victims of a crime, especially since during t…

Hi there I dare say that this scenario has been discussed before, but what would happen if you found yourself having to issue a ticket/search/arrest/talk to/caution etc etc a person that you used to be good friends with but had a falling out with (e.g. ex partner/flat mate/friend/family member etc). Would you have to go through with it or would it be a conflict of interest. Also, what if they threaten to make your life (in the Police) difficult by digging up something from your past? Just wondered what your thoughts would be on this

I was wondering if this was an offence, and if so, what offence would have been committed. I work in a high street store than sells magazines. One day, when i was re-arranging the childrens' magazine section that holds magazines for children of nursery age. Someone had been in, played a hilarious joke and had opened 4 lads mags open on pages with girls with their tops and bras off, spread all along the shelf in front of the childrens magazines. It is very irresponsible and far from tasteful, but was this an illegal action?

You're patroling on your own when you spot a vehicle speeding and the driver talking on the phone. You pull the car and realise that it is your manager from work. You have the choice of using your discretion or issuing an EFPN. What would you do? To twist it a little, earlier in the day, whilest at work, the same manager issued you with a final written warning for being late to work repeatedly. This could complicate things if your manager contested the claim in court. His lawyer could claim that you were not being impartial and questions your integrity.

You're on duty, driving along a NSL Dual carriageway. You see that lane 1 is empty, with no traffic for a good mile ahead, but there's a que of 6 or 7 cars moving at 40 - 45 mph in lane 2. As you get closer you realise that the hold up is due to a driver doddling along paying no attention to the cars building up behind them. What, if any offences have been committed and what would you do?

I've just watched that video of Darren Pollard mouthing off about something or another again, it's been discussed on here before. (just as a reminder)At the end, he gets arrested, although his young son was with him. What would have happened to the son in this case? What is the procedure when for example a man is arrested for fighting in the street, but he has his young son with him? Is the son taken to the station at the same time, and then any possible guardians contacted to come and pick him up? Or would something else happen?

A nurse is racially abused in a hospital...Is this an offence (public order)? Bearing in mind certain areas are not readilly accessible to members of the general public...Mental Health Units as one example. Whereas A&E depts' are. It would appear far easier to charge an A&E patient than say a Mental Health patient for the same (alleged) offence? Anyone have experience or thoughts on this! Thanks

Hi, this is my first post here, i have a question thats been bugging me for a while now. It's not an important question really, but out of curiousity I would like to know the answer. I drive a 1.6 citroen saxo which gets quite a bit of police attention. I'm used to getting pulled over whilst driving it (especially when i was 17), at first this annoyed me. However now i'm a little older (20) i look at it as the Police doing their jobs. I usually get along with the majority of the officers that pull me over. *Scenario* I was heading for a petrol station. There was a police car two cars behind me. I had a feeling he was going to pull me over, but there was a car betwe…

You see a person walking out of a nightclub early hours of the morning at night club closing time. You see them get into a car would you report it or stop them before getting into the car for suspected drink driving?

A person is walking around a car park, his body langauge is very evasive and hes trying his best to cover his face you also notice that he seems to have a screwdriver/other tools on him. He is looking through car windows (for items/goods) he suddenly get distracted by a MoP and starts to walk away from the area at a very fast pace. could he be arrested on conspiracy to commit vehicle interference? Infact... what "ingredients" need to exist for a constable to arrest someone on conspiracy? Ive had a quick look at the criminal attempts act 1981 which states "a person does an act which is more than merely preparatory to the commission of the offence, he is guilty of attem…

So... I was driving home tonight when a gang of no-doubt misunderstood youths decided they would get my attention by throwing water balloons, empty cans, and sticks/branches at my car! (and other motorists) Anyway... the water/leaves temporarily obscured my vision of the road for a good 5 seconds, so I slammed my breaks on before coming to a steady halt (luckily there were no cars behind me at the time) The little yobs (a-hem i mean misunderstood young people) then proceeded to demonstrate their knowledge of the sign language system while chanting and laughing (whilst I was trying to remove a soggy old branch from my window screen) Now... heres a few questions. On …

This is inspired by another topic. You stop a car on seeing the driver using his mobile phone. The driver is otherwise driving well and has no points. You issue an endorsable FPN, as a result of which the driver becomes angry. He tells you "Go catch murderers and rapists", dials a number, and pointedly clamps his phone back against his ear before pulling away. Do you: a) let him go - he's still using his phone but at least he's getting points for it, b) stop him again and issue a second FPN, or c) do something else? Finally, if you chose option (b), suppose he drives off on his phone yet again?

you are called to a residential address by a bailiff to "prevent a breach of the Peace " the bailiff has a Magistrate court warrant for none payment of Council tax which appears to be in order. the bailiff states he has levied a motor vehicle which he believes belongs to the householder (Mr A) named on the warrant the householder ( Mr A) states that while he is the keeper of the vehicle, he is not the owner as the car still belongs to a relative (mrs B) who has let him have use of it and consent to the keeper being changed to Mr A for the purposes of taxing and insuring etc. the vehicle when checked comes back as taxed, MOTd and insured with Mr A and his spou…