England & Wales

Can an PC or SC have his handcuffs with him off-duty, would that be aloud? if they use them lawfully.

This isn't a live case, as it was resolved, at least to the satisfaction of the police, 6 months ago. my nephew, who had just turned 16 was, along with his friends were being harnessed by the local CSOs. It took awhile to catch on to what was happening as his mum and dad were of the opinion that he must have been doing something to attract their attention and the lad was therefore reluctant to tell them. It came to light after he was issued with a FPN for cycling on a pavement and his mum went mad at him that the story came out, it wasn't the FPN it was the problem, it was the CSO telling him that if he didn't pay it, they would come to his house and arrest him and there …

Hey, I was just wondering what is the law on smoking whilst driving?

Something in another thread made me think about demanding name and address when suspecting someone of having committed an offence. I've heard many times from officers that suspecting someone of committing an offence gives us a power to demand name and address. My interpretation is that it is more the case that failure to give name and address can lead to an arrest being necessary, as opposed to actually having a power to require name and address. I guess what I'm getting at is that in my mind you can't arrest - or threaten to arrest - someone you suspect of an offence purely to get their name and address unless you require that name and address for a disposal (ie for co…

I've just read in the paper that a tow rope is now illegal here in the UK??? It was in the motoring section, all about tips and items you should have when motoring abroad, see quote below. "In Croatia, it is not only compulsory to have a set of replacement bulbs (common throughout Europe) but also a tow rope (now illegal here) or pole."

To cut a long story short, after years of disputes with my neighbours a comment has been seen on a social network site stating that she has been recieving post in my name but sent to her address in error, this has never been posted back to me and I am now suspicious that other post may have gone to them in error, is this classed as theft and what can be done about this??

I asked a similar question in another thread but didn't get an answer as peope were pretty focused on debating something else: JONES wants to kill SMITH, SMITH knows this. SMITH lives on the 4th floor of a block of flats. JONES gets a gun and storms into SMITH's flat: He points the gun at SMITH and says: "Say your prayers" SMITH, fearing imminent death decides to jump out of the window to escape. However, he hits the ground and dies. Can JONES be charged with murder?

A trivial question but concerning to me. I have had a "decision not to proceed" letter following a verbal "decision to NFA" from my solicitor. The letter says I do not need to attend for bail. However, there is laptop, mobile phone and clothes still held by the police. My solicitor is not replying to the phone. What is the correct proceedure for me to get my stuff back? - can I get it back?. The laptop has commercially valuable stuff on it. Thnak you. Felix

41. - (1) Subject to the following provisions of this section and to sections 42 and 43 below, a person shall not be kept in police detention for more than 24 hours without being charged. (2) The time from which the period of detention of a person is to be calculated (in this Act referred to as "the relevant time") - (a) in the case of a person to whom this paragraph applies, shall be - (i) the time at which that person arrives at the relevant police station; or (ii) the time 24 hours after the time of that person's arrest, whichever is the earlier; I am a little confused about the above. I always thought that relevant time was the time of arrival and not the arres…

Sorry if this has been asked before As well as Breach of the Peace and murder what else has had its power of arrest preserved? I believe theres an automatic power of arrest in connecton with breathtests

Having been told verbally by my solictor NFA a couple of weeks ago, the letter from the police reads "decision not to proceed". Does "no further action" and "decision not to proceed" mean the same thing??

Hi Guys So hypothetically, if i was to buy tax but it didn't arrive in the post before i had to drive the car back to university, what offence would i have committed and what is the punishment for it. The car would be fully insured, fully MOT's and fully taxed. I'm guessing the only offence would be not displaying the actual disc. Is this very illegal, and would the police be bothered by this after finding the car is taxed? Thanks Chris

Heres one for small discussion........ When this car travels to shows or drives to the petrol station, maintainance etc, Blue light, two tones etc are disabled and covered. That I know is a law requirement, its quite clear and easy to research. However, to have the word POLICE covered or not is a grey area, and certainly not made clear. Where are the written rules for this? To be prosectuted for 'Impersonating a Police officer or vehicle' it needs to be done with 'Intent' ie claiming your Police officer etc. Of course, you must not deceive the public that they might think your are an officer OR your in a Police vehicle. I have spoke to many an officer at shows etc,…

Are horse-drawn vehicls subject to any road-worthiness legislation: I'm specifically thinking about reflectors and lights...... I saw two peopel on a horse and cart around the corner from my house yesterday making quite slow progress and slowing the traffic down: I thought that at night especially they would not have been visible and a fast moving car would have hit them as they had no lights etc. on the rear of the cart. (and no, I don't live in a rural area - which made the sight of two chaps on a horse and cart even more unusual)