Scenario City

You see Joe commiting a minor offence which you consider suitable to report for summons. When asked for his details Joe gives you his name and address but refuses his date of birth and proceeds to tell you that he is a freeman on the land. Considering what he has just told you do you arrest Joe to prevent his prosecution being hindered by the disappearance of the person in question or just deal with him as usual and send him on his way? Or do you do something else?

Hi everybody, The scenario is that you're out working in the City Centre one night and you come across a male who appears to be showing the effects of taking drugs as his jaw is swinging all over the place. Would that be enough grounds for you to do a s23 search?

You are on duty walking down the road behind a man blatantly smoking cannabis using a pipe and can smell what it is. Do you search and warn/PND/report him or do you arrest him?

Just something which popped into my head today. In the course of your duties you end up searching someone for a non-going equipped offence. I'll keep it deliberately vague as I'm interested in moments where it would be/would not be an issue. During said search (could be s32, s1, etc. As I say, keeping it vague) you see their car keys and on it is a window breaker. The type which has a seat belt cutter and an implement for breaking car windows. For example, a Resqme device (like this: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=resqme&safe=off&rlz=1C1DSGO_enGB501GB501&espv=2&biw=1920&bih=995&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiW24KYm6jMAhUlL8A…

Yesterday, I saw a post on facebook about someone coming across a car that was running with no-one in the driver or front passenger seat, had its handbrake on and had three children on the back seats. He claims that a police officer stopped the owner of the car who was walking away up the road and that the officer 'did nothing'. The officer then says that there's nothing he can do as one of the children in the back seat is 16. I'm not sure quite how much truth there is to the story, but is there really nothing that the officer can do?

Traffic Stop – Showing No Insurance You are on mobile patrol in a marked police car. The ANPR in your vehicle pings up indicating that the X reg blue ford focus just ahead of you has no insurance. You follow the vehicle whilst your operator runs the car through PNC which confirms that no valid certificate of insurance is held. You put the blues on and the driver pulls over. At the side of the road, the driver of the car explains that he is insured, he arranged it this afternoon. He shows you a thirty minute phone call on his mobile phone to a phone number which you google on your phone, and confirm it is Peak Insurance. The male tells you that it is his car, that he ha…

Steve is homeless and sleeping rough. One night he spots an open window on a detached property and climbs in, hoping for a warm place to stay. The property is empty as the owners are away on holiday. Before making himself comfortable Steve spots a very nice ornate clock on the mantle piece which he takes and puts in his coat. In the morning Steve changes his mind and puts the clock back in its rightful place and leaves, leaving no mess and having broken nothing. Are any offences committed?

Need some advice on this one and what you would expect I'm currently a fleet assistant, transporting cars from warehouses or stations to other stations. I am driving marked police cars however not a police officer. If I come across a RTC what should I do? Stop the car, put rear reds on and phone up? Do I dare use the blues? Do I use the kit inside the car to control if I'm the first there? Or do I just drive past as I'm not an officer, I don't want to give the force a bad image. A bit of advice would be nice, not trained in it

A woman (let's call her Lynda) is assaulted in a nightclub by a man twice her size (let's call him John) who is subsquently thrown out and assaulted by an overzealous doorman (let's call him Steve). Whilst you didn't witness John's alleged assault you witnessed Steve and John fighting. After breaking it up you interview both parties and John tells you that whilst he did punch Steve that was in self defence after Steve punched him. Steve has admitted to assaulting John but also tells you that he only hit John after seeing him assault Lynda although he admits that his actions took place after ejecting John from the nightclub. Neither John nor Lynda have persued complaints o…

Person V - called because in this instance he's Victim Person A - Called because she's the first cog in the machine I'm interest to see this evolve in the comments.. V gets down on his luck. Has rent arrears or £2,000 approx. Is disabled, going blind, and urgently requires money for it. A then chooses to set up a gofundme page. This amounts to a reasonable amount, but nowhere near the £2k - think £400, maybe £500. V instructs her to withdraw the money to her own bank account since V doesn't have one. A does this. A encounters some problems, and long story short - she never gives V his money. Is A guilty of theft, fraud, or is it a civil offence since these things w…

You are an SNT Beat Manager and one of your PCSOs asks to have a word with you after the morning briefing. You hear her out and she tells you that a teenage boy has taken an interest in her. She describes his inappropiate behaviour and tells you that it included taking pictures of her, following her both on and off duty and making unwarranted attentions towards her again regardless of being on duty or not. You ask if she knows him to which she replies "Yes" and take his details from her which were obtained from an encounter she had with him. You thank her and send her on her way. You look at the boy's files which indicate an obsession with the Police and that he has recen…

You are on patrol when you notice someone dressed as a Police officer, wearing a high visibility jacket and pig mask. They are carrying a set of replica handcuffs, baton and water pistol. When questioned the person tells you that he is wearing the outfit in order to perform comic sketches.

A mate who works the doors in Birmingham told me a story the other day of a male he kicked out of a pub he was working at. 5 mins later the doorman witnesses a bottle being hurled into the pub smoking area as an act of retribution it seems. Luckily it didn't hit anyone, it smashed into the wall instead. As a new special I was left wondering what offences could be associated with such an act. For arguments sake let's say there's crystal clear CCTV of the act & watertight statements from door staff. Criminal damage? Intent to wound? Public order? D & D ( if he was drunk ) ?

You are on mobile patrol with a colleague through a rather rough part of town (think the kind of place that would have been involved in the riots) at about 9pm at night. It’s winter and the street isn’t well lit, so it’s quite dark out. You are driving down a main road with moderately heavy, but flowing traffic on. You pass a side street and glace down the road on your left. You notice two young teenage boys, perhaps around 14 years old about 10 meters up the road on the pavement in the dark. They appear to be stood examining a bicycle. You can’t tell if the bicycle is chained to the railings or if it belongs to them. You do an almost immediate 3 point turn on the busy ro…