Scenario City

You are on patrol on the local high street on a busy Saturday afternoon. It’s the middle of summer and lovely weather, so there are loads of people out and about, including lots of children playing in the water feature that spurts up blasts of water in the middle of the pedestrianised high street, people sat eating ice creams and so on. A member of the public comes up to you to report the male in the green t-shirt, who she points out to you. She tells you that he is being racially abusive, shouting all sorts of inappropriate things. Your colleague takes her details whilst you go over towards the male. As you get near, you see the male stood alone. He appears to be watch…

You're driving off duty on a busy three lane single carriageway when you notice a cyclist lying unconscious in the road after being hit by a driver. You park as soon as possible before you get your mobile phone out and dial 999. Do you ask the operator for the Police or Ambulance Service? After you hang up do you do anything else like arresting the driver? If so what offences do you arrest for or do you arrest for BOP? Once you have produced your warrant card (if safe and practicable to do so) and informed them that "YOU ARE UNDER ARREST" do you caution the D/P only when in the presence of the escorting officer or do you read the caution immediately after making the arre…

You are on mobile patrol in an unmarked police car, in full uniform. You pull up alongside a young male, mid twenties who is clearly texting on his mobile telephone whilst stationary in traffic. The phone is in his left hand, just in front of the steering wheel. The traffic lights change and he pulls off still using the mobile phone. As you move off, you are able to pull into the inside lane just behind him. You put on the blues and he pulls over at a safe spot, further down the road. You explain to him that you have stopped him because it is an offence to use his mobile phone whilst driving; something you think he already knows. He pleads with you not to give him a tick…

You're off duty and on a road trip with your family. You pull into a car park space in a motorway service station or retail park and as you get out of the car an old transit van pulls up near you and the passenger ushers you over saying, 'we work for a courier and we have 48 inch Samsung Tv left over, do you want it for a fraction of the shop price?' So do you: Decline and walk away Decline, take a description of the van/ occupants and ring it through Fall for the patter and get ripped off Other

You are on patrol in late January when a grade 2 concern for safety call comes in. You make your way to the location, a block of flats, where you speak to the informant. She tells you that she is concerned that she hasn’t see her neighbour, who lives in the end flat, for a few weeks – since before Christmas. She isn’t that close with him, doesn’t even know his name, she only says hello and good morning to him as he keeps himself to himself and doesn’t appear to go out much. He is probably in his mid to late 70s. You walk along the open balcony to the next flat along and knock on the door. There is no answer. There are no lights on. You shine a torch through the door and …

You are on foot patrol on a Friday afternoon when an immediate graded 999 call comes in to reports of an alarm sounding in a residential street. You are about 10 – 15 minutes away on foot, but there are no mobile patrols nearby; the only mobile patrol who is available and who has put up to attend will be travelling from off-district, with an ETA through heavy traffic of at least 20 minutes minimum. You attend the location, arriving perhaps 10 minutes later. It is a quiet residential street in a rather nice part of the inner/outer city border area. The properties are terraced houses, three to four stories tall and all have basement flats with separate entrances via outsid…

A man has entered a public place which is private property and been asked to stop by a security guard. He fails to do so and as a result they inform you of the situation. Do you ask them to ask him to leave?

Jack has two letters to post but only money for one stamp He buys and tears in half a 2nd class stamp sticking half on each with the rough edge sticking up and posts the letters Both are returned and he complains to the post office saying he'd paid for the service but the sorting machine had damaged them causing him to gain late payment fees Offences?

You've got a detainee in handcuffs out of your van and he's been verbally abusive throughout the journey. You proceed to the holding cell where he is continuing with his tirade after a warning. Do you further arrest him on suspicion of misbehaving in a Police station?

You are called to the High Street by CCTV controllers who state there is a female with a large knife. When you arrive you see a middle aged female with a kitchen knife around 8 inches long in her right hand. She is clearly agitated and there are lots of people in close vicinity. She says to you "You don't understand, I have to kill my sister before she kills me and all of my family". What do you do?

You catch someone stealing a handbag off duty and chase after them before producing your warrant card and arresting them. After that what else do you do?

Disclaimer: First off, I'm not sure where to put this but it could be considered a scenario so here it goes. Please feel free to remove it if this is the incorrect place. I'm not looking for legal advice, I would just like your opinions on the matter. I have a problem where in our household we have 5 cars, but only 2 parking spaces on the driveway. We live on a very busy road and have to park some of the cars outside. A local has decided that whenever they pass our house they like to spit on the cars. I haven't seen him do it personally, but it seems to only happen outside our house, so I think they may have taken a disliking to us. I had taken to parking my car down a …

So, the laser pen and aircraft is something that has been in the news recently following the issue with the Virgin Atlantic plane a couple of weeks ago (for those who aren't familiar:- http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35575861). The legislation around this is quite clear. Here's a scenario for you though.... Your force gets a 999 call from a driver. It is rush hour and quite dark outside. There are reportedly 3-5 IC3 youths (that's about it as far as the description goes from the informant) stood outside a chicken shop on a busy road who are using a laser to shine it into the eyes of passing car and bus drivers. The road is busy and is also used by HGVs. You attend the loca…