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Please read before posting
by Police Community +- 1 reply
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Any advice on a specific area of law is from either currently-serving UK police officers, and is offered to the best of their ability, or from members of the public who are perhaps aspiring to be serving police officers and may not hold the necessary level of knowledge to provide such assistance or by any other member who may offer their opinion. Either way such advice can only be treated as an opinion and nothing more. The information is based on their own individual experiences, expertise and training. It is stressed, however, that if any information or advice found in these forums is used by any person or organisation, then the respective police officer(s) and sta…
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Offences against the Church?
by MrTwoShoes- 13 replies
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Hi all I was reading about different positions of office in the UK and a Church related one came up that I am now curious about, simply because I had no idea it exists ( that's if it does, wikipedia can be wrong i guess). I struggle to see how this would work without police involvement. Church Warden Powers In England, churchwardens have specific powers to enable them to keep the peace in churchyards. The following are punishable with a £200 fine:[/size riotous, violent, or indecent behaviour in any cathedral church, parish or district church or chapel of the Church of England or in any churchyard or burial ground (whether during a service or at any other time)…
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An ex-employee was let go back in December 2020 due to alarming threats to other employees. We know the ex-employee has mental health issues, they were getting out of hand as he often made references to harming (and on rare occasions kill) LGBT & black people. He was employed for more than a year and only stayed because he was good at his job until his threats became increasingly worrying to the point we had to let him go. Paid in full with severance pay, he has been messaging us continuously threatening to harm/kill us unless we pay him more money and give him his job back. This has since been going on for a month with numerous phone calls, messages from differen…
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Power of entry for tag breach
by guysey1228- 2 followers
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Might be a silly one but I can't find a power of entry in order to arrest someone for breach of court bail, that being to abide by a curfew using a GPS tag. The closest power I can find is under s.17 PACE, which carries a power of entry to arrest someone unlawfully at large. I've seen some amendments might take place at some point - clause 52 of s.17 is proposed to carry a power of entry to arrest for breach of pre- or post- sentence court bail breaches but it doesn't appear to be law yet. Can anyone clarify whether we have a power of entry if we know 100% someone who has breached their tag curfew is inside their home address?
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New COVID law - can police force entry?
by ChristopherM- 1 follower
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So the law says now they can enter premises if they suspect a breach, but can they force entry?
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The Right to Abuse and Offend - Case Law
by Radman +- 2 followers
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It's a bit of a dry subject but could have an impact on operational policing. A high court ruling just before christmas involving a Twitter Trolling case has concluded and quashed a conviction under the Communications Act 2003. The Judge stated in the report: "The prosecution argument failed entirely to acknowledge the well-established proposition that free speech encompasses the right to offend, and indeed to abuse another." Effectively case law now exists which clarifies a right to offend in law, this may well have wide-ranging implications on justice and policing including the original communications Act. Scottow -v- CPS judgment - Courts and Tri…
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Withdrawing implied right of access/ complaints of no " wet signature"
by The Undertaker +- 3 followers
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Loads of youtube videos feature people putting notices on their doors, which state along the lines off; " implied rights of access revoked to all bailliffs/police , attendance on property will be trespass/ trespasser will be liable for xxx amount of money" Another popular video is where the bailiff turns up with warrant of entry, debtor inspects warrant and states warrant is invalid because no wet signature is on warrant. Both above situations lead to a stand off and police attend. Questions are how does revoking implied rights of access stop a bailiff with a court warrant? Secondly is the needing a wet signature a myth? Or is it just rubbish…
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Interesting question arose today... Whilst I understand that there is a defence against criminal damage regarding paramedics/ambulance crews forcing entry. Is there any specific legislation that dictates a power of entry? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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High Level Brake Lights
by Pee Jay *- 5 replies
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Hi - I am hoping for some definitive answers around high level brake light. Context - I have a convertible which is fitted as standard with a high level brake light and plan to fit a boot rack. Once loaded the luggage is likely to obscure the high level brake light. The rack does come with an integrated high level brake light (but a problem connecting it) 1) Is having the high level brake light obscured an issue (if I dont connect the rack light)? 2) Can I have multiple high level brake lights (i.e. the OEM one fitted to the vehicle and the one integrated in the rack if I connect it)? 3) Can I just disconnect the OEM light and not connect the one in th…
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Hi all, I'm currently cramming for the SPE and have therefore been up to my eyeballs in swathes of immigration legislation. The majority of the powers conferred by S28A - S28H seem to be lifted and amended slightly from the PACE wording which is helpful. However, my question relates to S28F (Entry and Search of Premises following Arrest...) which, again, seems in the majority to be a cut and paste from S18 PACE. Could someone be so kind as to shine a light on the bottom line of this subsection? (3)The power may be exercised— (a)before taking the arrested person to a place where he is to be detained; and (b)without obtaining an …
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Manchester gmp
by Stocky0809 *- 1 follower
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So I have been trying to report a crime now for 3 years!!!! It started with 2 men 1 known 1 unknown. Ever since then i think i may have been drugged. After failing to report it over the phone i never get through even when i do they just shove me away. When i go to the police station there is nobody available ever!!!! I finally reported it on the 25th through crimestoppers and got my first log number. 2 offices came to see me yesterday wrote a few things down must of been here 5 maybe 10 mins, and left. I made accusations about the biggest drug dealer gangster if you will of stockport and also made the allegation they have access to my phone and flat. They just left though…
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Crim Dam less than £5000
by SD +- 1 follower
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I am.hoping someone cam point me in the right direction. Long story short does anyone know the law/caselaw/codes of practice which says even though Criminal Damage that is less than £5000 will only go to magistrates court it is still treated as either way for other PACE powers such as power of entry. It might be linked to theft as that is similar.
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Can security guards in the uk carry self defence sprays?
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Uniforms Act 1894
by Wilts20 +- 1 follower
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Does anyone have any experience of this? I saw something in the news recently which sparked some vague memory about this Act. Essentially it prohibits people from wearing HM Forces uniform without authority (less stage plays etc). There does seem to be a lot of walts out there, masquerading as something that they are not, not sure if there are protections for other industries etc, medical etc? *See MDP arrested one in 2012 under said act. Cheers, fbo.
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Money Laundering
by Jamie1983- 2 followers
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Hello all, hoping you can all help me. I've been an officer if around 10 years and rather embarrassingly still dont fully understand the above offence, why you would arrest for it, what the points to prove are and what to say in custody i.e ROAST (OATS if you're an old sweat). I've seen loads of people arrest for it, usually finding a load of cash on a person or in their car, but never actually done it myself or presented to custody. Can anyone help me understand it? Many thanks for any help, thank you.
