England & Wales

Hi After some advice really. I have a suspect that I have been looking into possible offences of Harassment (Sec 2) and also Obtain Property (Value £500ish) I offered VA in June as 5 months had passed since date of alledged offence took place; suspect declined such. Tried to get hold of suspect for a few weeks, attending home address again to try discuss matter, no joy. Seeked auth to arrest after 3 weeks of trying with no success, still couldnt get hold of suspect. Circulated on pnc as "Wanted" on auth. However, I have received a request from suspects lawyer requesting VA attendance now, at a set time and date. Do I have any nes to arrest? As if suspect wishes to…

I was just wondering if there is a specific bit of traffic law that prohibits pedestrians going across a roundabout (talking a proper one, with a grassy island)? I came across it once on duty one time and escorted the people away, but were they committing any actual offences by being there (or crossing the roundabout to get there)?

Browsing on the net when I came across this snippet from 'Ask the Police' in relation to Civil Trespass: Trespass: Trespass to land is a civil wrong and as such the police have no jurisdiction. Under common law, the landowner has a right to re-entry on the land. However, the ejection of the trespasser is fraught with danger for the landowner. Initially, the landowner should ask the occupier to leave the land and if he/she does then all is well. However, the problems start if he/she refuses to leave the land. The owner of the land could commit several criminal offences if he forcibly removes the trespasser and his/her property from the land. The best and safest course o…

In a murder investigation, if a suspect is brought in for questioning, does the investigating team always search their home at this time? Or do they need to obtain a warrent to search the suspects home? Do they need reason to believe there is evidence in the home to connect suspect with the murder?

I'm sure I have reason here somewhere before that the necessity of an arrest is down to the officer to justify and as long as said necessities are given the custody sgt should not refuse detention.-As long as the actual arrest is lawful. What I mean by this is that eg I've arrested Dave for Assault to protect the victim who I believe to be vulnerable. - Which is obviously my opinion. As long as my grounds are sound ther fore the custody sgt cant refuse detention and say "I don't believe the victim is vulnerable therefore you must VA". Can someone point me in the right direction please and I hope this makes sense!!

You arrest Mr. X for theft. You take him to the police station and he is to be released on police bail to reattend on the 1st august. Constable Thomas who is 100 miles away comes accross Mr. X at the end of july and in conversation it transpires Mr X is on his way back to his home country , and he says he is not planning on coming back ever again. Any offences yet been committed by Mr. X? - or is there indeed anything constable thomas can do, as Mr X blatantly isnt going to come back to his police bail?

Without mentioning any names, as there are serving Police officers directly involved in this, I would like to ask any serving officers on here a few questions, as our local force are only merely putting in what can be described as "A token effort" in sorting this out. Since May 12th this year, a good friend of mine, his son, his 17yr old assistant manager and new staff member have been turned into what can only be described as absolute social outcasts and targets of hate, with threats of and actual violence used against them, false allegations thrown thick and fast from members of the public and from serving police officers as well. To give a brief overview. On May 12t…

Hello folks, A hopefully quick question, dealt with a few people recently (all of them drunk) who have wanted to know my details for a complaint. Now, as I understand it this information is your name, number and where you are based which is not a problem. My question(s) is this.. 1) What rule covers this activity? 2) How far are you expected to go? I.e. Are you obligated to write it down for someone, provide pens etc rather than just telling them (assuming it would not be written down elsewhere such as a stop form)? To clarify, I am always happy to share this information with the adoring public, but it'd be interesting to know what the rules say exactly. Thanks!

There has been a neighbour dispute that has been ongoing for sometime. The latest incident is where one of the neighbours has taken photographs of his neighbour working in their garden. He has taken the photos from his own back garden and upstairs window. The dispute is over noise and the neighbour was taking photos of the other party using drills etc. There has been a complaint so has the neighbour taking the photos broken the law? If so what is the legislation?

Hi, I just wanted some advice on what kinds of rights I have in my situation. Basically yesterday my mother tried to hit me with several metal hob rings and she tried to throw them at me even though we were just arguing verbally. There was no reason at all she had to do that I hadn't done anything physical and I never do. I have a witnessed that saw the whole thing and agrees my mum was very in the wrong. I'm in fulltime education otherwise I'd obviously move out, but anyway I don't see any reason I should have to make my life so much harder by working full time on top of studying, just so I can escape someone who's obviously in the wrong. My dad would never ever kick m…

This scenario is something which has just happened to a friend of mine. My friend recently parked his motorcycle in a hospital car park as he works there. One of the inpatients (A known heroin addict) has decided to try steal the bike causing a massive amount of damage to the vehicle, Rendering it unusable and costing the owner money to have the bike removed and taken to a garage as well as any repairs. There were two witnesses and CCTV footage to identify the person who carried out the damage. The person who carried out the damage is already known to the police. What crimes have been committed, and do you think it would be worth suing the person who did it? I am aw…

I was watching last week's Police Interceptors (Monday 18th August) and a dog handler parked up and spotted someone who he thought was speeding. He followed them for a while and then pulled him over and gave him a FPN. As the car passed, the officer wasn't using a speedgun and also it didn't look like the police vehicle was fitted with VASCAR/Cleartone speed detection equipment. However, the car had video recording equipment and ANPR. It looked like the officer was using the video recording (with the officer's speed overlayed) of him catching up with the speeding car as evidence. Is this sort of evidence sufficient for speeding? I have looked at a few threads on here bef…

I am sure that we are all seen the articles this week about people returning promotional material to UKIP via their freepost address, as well as sending other articles through the postal system: http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/05/04/ukip-nigel-farage-freepost_n_5263923.html?1399230000&utm_hp_ref=uk A similar situation emerged when people sent mail to the Lib Dem offices and NOTTS Police stated that no offences had been committed: http://www.nottinghampost.com/Lib-Dem-freepost-address-sabotaged-300-envelopes-posted/story-12255273-detail/story.html Can anyone suggest if there are any offences? If there is no obscene or insulting material then is 'abuse of free…

You attend a call of a road rage incident where another car has driven off after colliding with the inft’s parked vehicle. During the incident the suspect pulled out a baseball bat and threatened the inft. You know the home address of the suspect from PNC details and go around his house. You find a car in the driveway (matches description and has damage consistent with the inft's reports) and the tyres and bonnet are still warm, the engine is ticking as it cools down. It’s been 5 minutes since the incident occurred. You see something in the rear foot well that could be the weapon in question. The suspect is at home and you arrest them for possession of an offensive …

I was wondering how the law applies at airports and on aircraft. At what point does a constable lose their power when going on holiday (on a plane) and at what point do they get it back?