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Someone who had just moved down my road who has a job as 'K9 Security' (He has a van with it printed on the side, with dog cage in the back) I was wondering what, if any, laws there are regarding using dogs to protect a premises. I could understand a someones home and the family pet bites an intruder to defend its owners. But as far as commercial premises go, you see the signs saying protected by guard dogs etc. My questions are 1) Can dogs roam free within a commercial premises to protect it? 2) If someone was to trespass onto commercial property and a guard dog was to bite them, would there be any offences on the part of the person responsible for the dogs?

My wife and I have been together for 9 years, married for 5. The problem is my wife's ex husband. My wife has 3 children from her previous marriage but due to a violent history, her ex has no access to the older two children (14 and 17), however has access to the youngest as his violence was deemed "historic" by a Sheriff at court. For the past six months his behaviour has become erratic; he now travels down with his mother, a 100 mile trip to harrass us, often visiting when he isn't due to collect his daughter. He;s usually drunk and abusive and will shout threats at us. When we call the police they show up but he's long gone and they tell us there's nothing they ca…

As far as I'm still aware, e-cigarettes can still be legally sold to anyone (which includes children) and at present there's still very little regulation on them. They're also becoming increasingly popular and the town centre, which I patrol, now has 7 shops dedicated to the sale of them. I am also seeing an increase in the number of young people using them. Some of these are legally allowed to smoke cigarettes but others are not. I have never smoked a cigarette and am speculating here but there must be a lot of people who smoke purely out of habit and it's something that they've seen their parents do and are now doing it because 'it's the norm' My question is this. D…

Just watched Traffic Cops where a school bus driver was caught driving whilst unfit on speed. He was given a 2.5 year driving ban + suspended sentence. We were wondering if employers such as his would do regular checks on their employees or rely on being informed of such issues by the employees themselves. If he was willing to drive the night before work on methamphetamines then he may not be the most reliable when it comes to carrying out that portion of his contract of employment. Are there any procedures in place for offences being committed by people in positions of trust? This would be the same for teachers who may be convicted of child-related offences for examp…

Hi every one, I'm here as after a recent incident at a bus stop with my Nearside mirror and PCV vehicle connecting and thus loosing my NS Mirror arm, I'd like to know weather it is Illegal to continue to drive the Bus WITHOUT the Nearside mirror. So what are the regulations on Required mirrors on a Bus. My Garage told me to return the vehicle to the garage OUT OF SERVICE. I was not happy about this decision and expressed so over my radio call however they insisted that i am to return the bus to garage. So other than the general grievance i've now submitted to my Manager over this issue of Safety not only to myself but to other road users, where did i stand by takin…

Disclaimer is noted. Mother has a NIP for going through red light. The NIP came through today with 09/04/14 on the letter. The offence happened on the 25/03/14. Is the first day classed as one of the 14 days? or does it start from the following day? Regards, David Our standard disclaimer: This forum is not intended as a legal advice drop-in centre. PoliceSpecials.com disclaims any and all responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, completeness, legality, reliability, operability or availability of information or material on this site, including - but not limited to - the documents available in the 'Reference Library' and 'Downloads' areas.

One for the custody Sgts or Insps here. Long story very short. I have Arrested someone for an indictable offence. following searches where items are seized the suspect is interviewed in custody and bailed. The itmes seized have been forensically analysed and this has took a lot of time, almost a year. The suspect has been bailed and rebailed and rebailed. Finally the items have come back with good evidence on. The suspect needs further interviewing for the offence. He is currently on bail for a few more weeks yet. Idearly Id like to get him in voluntary and interview him under caution regarding the current matter and a second matter I have discovered. This way…

I want to remain anonymous so wont go into too much detail Anyway we had an aggravated burglary, the guys were not caught don't know if there caught now, for a different offence. I always wondered what would happen if the police came on the scene, would they come with guns, would the burglars hit us more or run away. Would police the storm in, how many would there be, would it be different if you said burglary on the phone. what if only 2 police officers came if they thought the burglars left,how can they handle it. also what happens if we just left phone on 999. finally i got some compensation form the government, for a injury, if i said i had psychological distres…

I am currently studying an undergraduate degree and recently had a lecture on the privatisation of the police service (I actually have an exam question on it next month, oh the Joys!). Relating to this topic, I was watching Police 24/7 a few weeks ago and a male had been arrested and taken to a custody suite. The individual was seen by the custody sergeant and was searched by a G4S custody officer. This got me thinking, what powers do G4S officers have to allow them to use force/search individuals who are detained in custody? I started looking at code C of PACE and came across 'designated persons' under 1.14- is this what authorises use of 'reasonable force', such as ta…

Hi, I've had a search but not found a post that really answers my question. I'm a little confused as to the difference between "NIP" and "reporting" (say when issuing a ticket at the roadside). I know certain offences require a NIP and that traffic offence reports have separate tick boxes for NIP and reporting. But surely for all offences you would advise they are being considered for prosecution (NIP)... then give a now caution (reporting) in case they decide not to pay or elect for court? Just trying to properly understand when say you would use one without the other? Hope that makes sense? I'm guessing there would be a time as there are two separate tick boxes! Than…

So what are the rules? In one situation a policeman was caught with a drink in his hand but in anopther incident a lady was fined for this (see news story here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2596056/Policeman-snapped-having-drink-wheel-just-week-driver-fined-100-doing-exactly-thing.html

So I'm trying to get a list of the powers teachers have on school premises (usually over just pupils). One of the main ones seems to be s93 of the Education and Inspections Act 2006: I assume they have powers to search pupils too, if so what for and what Act?

Hello, I have read that we shouldn't use this forum as a place for legal advice which this post kind of is but I am also interested in the opinion of others on this forum. I am due to speak to a solicitor this week for proper legal advice. I have received a summons to go to court for speeding and careless driving which happened back in October 2013. I remember the incident extremely well because one of the policeman called me an idiot at which point I recorded most of the remaining interaction between myself and the police. Without going into the alleged offence to much I will state that I was in the outside lane (of 3) and moved across to the inside lane at which poi…

Whilst having a mooch round the PNLD I noticed a handy definition article about the legal meanings of 'permitting', 'causing', 'aiding' etc. and it seemed to indicate that this could apply to any offence under the RTA. So my question is, can you cause or permit driving whilst disqualified? And does anyone know of any legislation that requires a company to ensure that their drivers aren't disqualified from driving? Cheers, Posh

Hi all. I was wondering if it's illegal to put recording cameras in cars? My dad has 2 that records the view from front/rear view inside the car. The thought is that it can be used as evidence in case of RTC and scammers. My question is - does it violate any part of the law? (RIPA? HRA? others?) thanks for the info and I know the standard disclaimer of the site.