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Hi, I'm hoping to get some guidance. My son plays competitive sports and he was approached by another child's parent yesterday. The parent of the other child proceeded to shout at my son, and made an open ended threat saying, that he will be "talking to the coach, and "I will be doing something else to you!" My son was with one of his team mates when this happened and it scared both boys. I think this was sparked because of an incident when the other child got hurt during training, a week ago, by my son. We had spoken with the coach and he confirmed that it was an accident and my son didn't intentionally hurt any child. This man is known to be volati…
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Hi, I'm considering starting an online store selling products. At the moment I'm just fishing about for ideas of products to sell, and am still in the process of deciding, but I wanted to check the exact legality of what constitutes 'legal' and 'illegal' when selling N02, if it's intended for catering. I've been searching for a concrete explanation, but even the government website seems pretty vague on the subject. What exactly constitutes 'reason to believe [the product] may be inhaled for the purposes of intoxication'? Would I have to request some form of proof of a catering licence or something similar to sell the product legally? Thanks …
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Bit of background. My Grandfather when he retired was a Chief Super, and over the years he collected quite a lot of kit. My Grandmother is now in the process of moving house, and she's offered me his old collection of kit. Including a couple of old truncheons (Heavy wood and an unused chair leg), Inspectors canes, various handcuffs, capes etc. While I kind of understand Batons/Truncheons being offensive weapons anyone got any ideas if I'd run in to any issues if I was to keep them? I know I'm allowed to have my issued baton, but other kit like this I'm unsure of.
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We've recently had a circulation going around reminding us of our responsibility to use our power to inspect vehicles that we seize for no insurance / otherwise in accordance / s59. Having emailed a few people I can't seem to get a straight answer from anybody. Usually when seizing a car I usually get the driver to show me all the compartments so I can note down what is being left. Does anyone know if there is an actual power that could be used in this instance and what do your forces have as standard practice for this?
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Here is a scenario from a discussion at work today that caused a bit of an argument. Police get a call that a male, known to you, is in possession of a knife on the street . You turn up he's not there but 10 mins later you see him, but not the knife, so approach him and say "give me the knive" he takes it out of his pocket and hands it to you. You then arrest for possession of a bladed article. So......is asking him for the knife then him reaching in his pocket and handing it over deemed a voluntary search? If im honest I'm 50/50 on the matter.
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A prisoner was arrested for a DV matter. Custody was authorised, however a mental health assessment was required and the prisoner was deemed unfit for detention due to mod being low. The custody officer released the prisoner pending disposal decision, NOT on bail. The custody officer was of the view that the prisoner could be voluntarily interviewed at some point in the future post community assessments. The problem is now that the prisoner is refusing to attend the police station, despite being deemed fit to attend a Voluntary Interview. A CPN nurse has assessed in the suspect in the community, the VA interview was deemed fine to go …
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Hello, I have been developing a display which uses RGB (Red/Green/Blue) LED's in three rows, each row contains sixty two pixels (LED's). The LED's will be interfaced to the car using the CAN Bus protocol which a lot of cars now use to communicate between devices in the car. The system will sniff the CAN Bus network for specific messages which includes: Signal indicators, Hazard lights, Reverse lights and Brakes. The LED's rows will then display indications to compliment the cars built in lights, I've ensured that all colours are correct and in keeping with the normal colours used for each display. I've searched around to try and find out if there is anyth…
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A quick question which I have been debating today: If someone deliberately moves a CCTV camera from facing one way to facing another, has an offence been committed? e.g. camera points at a shop front door, someone moves the camera so it now faces away at the wall. The camera is not damaged and no other offences have been committed at this time. The camera can be quickly re-positioned once this has been noticed. For the railway plod - what if this is on a station? Do the bylaws cover this? What about if it's an airport or other high value terrorist target (e.g. Houses of Parliament?) please and thank you
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Hello all, quick question which I can't seem to find clarification on via Google. I am wondering what the legislation is in regards to correct information being on a persons driving licence. I am wondering what we as front-line Officers can do to enforce this, i.e Traffic Offence Reports? The most common one seems to be address details... I understand it holds up to £1000 fine but I'm not sure of the practicalities in dealing with it. Thank you all in advance
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HI Guys, Not been on here for a long time. I hope you are all well. We have a group of kids who have decided to bang on our windows every day as they pass. I have once been out and asked them not to do this in a non confrontational way. It carried on and I ignored it. Today a kid kicked our front door whilst the other one threw an egg at our house. They ran off and 30 seconds later the same kid came back and kicked the door again. Now it was the same force that an officer would use to get a house holders attention. SO I've been to the local station to ask for help and in the next few days a trap is going to be set to identify and (better still) …
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Hi everyone. I hope this is the correct place to make my first post. The MG4 Police Bail Form (Reason for Bail Sec 34(5)(a) PACE Is the above form used Nationwide or is it Force Specific? How long has the above form been in use? Are there any other Forms which can be used to grant Police Bail. I have looked through the Police Manual of Guidance, however, i cannot find the answers i seek. I figured that i may find the answers i seek quicker here than using the FOIA. Thanks.
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Hi, I am a mother of 2 sons who both stream PPV content via their Kodi boxes, they both say it is legal because you are allowed to stream content within the EU this was clarified in an court In 2014 they say. They also claim they bought both Kodi boxes via Facebook and added the software themselves that allowed them to watch SkySports etc without paying. I am a bit concerned with the recent news that sellers of Kodi boxes have been arrested and jailed. I am not really convinced what my sons are doing is legal as they claim, so could someone answer my questions please? Is buying a Kodi box and adding software which allows you to watch SkySports, BT Spo…
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9 years ago the police attended the property where I was living with a search warrant and arrest warrant in my name, and seized some property of mine. They didn't actually arrest me, they just took some property and left me with a receipt (which I lost), and I was never charged with anything. Would details of this event be stored on any police computer systems after 9 years? If so, what details? i.e - arrest warrant/search warrant/property that was seized/officers involved/etc... Thanks for your time and help...
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Weird question from a mate (because you know, having just started training I obviously know). Matw picked up a fancy drone, and he seems to think fixing roman candles on it would be fine. I'm inclined to disagree, but he's arguing there is no law against it. Any ideas? I think it is likely to be illegal, never mind the obvious stupidity of it.
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I know that a constable or PCSO can confiscate tobacco products from a young person aged under 16 whilst in uniform, but does the same duty/power apply when not in uniform/off duty? Also, I read Surrey Police's website on this topic and it said that an officer can confiscate alcohol from an Under 18 even when they are off-duty, is this also correct? Thanks in advance! AM505
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