General Policing Discussions

Sometimes a suspect who has been arrested and cautioned will begin talking about their involvement in the offence, and then an officer tells them you've been cautioned mate so stop talking or telling us anything. What's the reason for that? I always thought the rule was simply that you aren't allowed to question them at that point, but if they decide to start talking anyway and make a significant statement then it's fine as long as you put it to them in interview and give them the chance to say if they stand by it or want to clarify it. I am all for the police having to 'fight fairly' when building a case, and don't think you should ever try coaxing people into a confessi…

Hi community. I have been a defendant (a litigant in person) in a case in the civil courts, against a ‘company claimant’, who I owed no debt to. I lost the case at trial upon a ‘document’ (which was never seen before), but turned up in the solicitor’s ‘trial bundle’ which was submitted by them as ‘key evidence’ against me. The ‘document’ was a “print-copy,” allegedly written by the ‘claimant company owner’ to the solicitor, stating that I owed a debt to his company. After trial, I had received the “digital original” of that same ‘document’ in PDF format. On closer visual appearance, the “digital original” looked suspicious, with formatting and structural inconsiste…

With Pace +2 What is the exact wording that needs to be used please.

Hi, I’m trying to find something quite specific in regs but having no joy. If an officer works a 4 on 4 off 12 hour day shift pattern and they are required to work a rest day (more than 15 days notice so not for overtime). What are they entitled to according to regs? I would think it’s obvious that you work a 12 hour day and get a 12 hour day re-rostered somewhere else??? Seems simple. However, we’ve recently been told by a fed rep that as the police day is 8 hours, an officer would only have to work 8 hours on the new working day, could claim OT at 1.3 for hours worked over 8 and they still get a 12 hour day back…. This just sounds wrong to me?? Any advice and specifical…

So, the law systems of England/Wales and Scotland are separate and that if you're a constable of one, you're not of the other. Someone did a FOI request on the subject of the extent of the powers of E+W constables when over the border and this was the result: Now I'd suggest that points 1, 2 and 4 are fairly common sense and straight forward, however point 3 has slightly confused me. Could someone confirm that I'm not misreading point 3 in saying that it means that an E+W Constable can use a S Constable's power of arrest whilst in Scooterland should he see a suitable offence being committed?

I once heard an officer say that the first time offenders in for minor crimes are a lot worse to deal with than the serious OCG types who have committed far worse crimes. She said the former are in a completely alien environment, they aren't really thinking straight, prone to acting on impulse and lashing out. They take the deprivation of their liberty as a personal attack. Whereas the serious criminals see it as an occupational hazard. They have usually been arrested before so they know how the game works and aren't as stressed out. It's not that they don't want to fight the officers, they probably do! It's just they are smart enough to know that it won't benefit them. T…

I'm trying to decipher a CRIS - Met Police entry in relation to vcop! HK VU - Regular Update .... and .... HX VY Regular Update It's pretty obvious 'VU' means Victime Update(d) ... is that correct? What does the HK and HX mean though!?

Good evening I have a question that has been bugging me for ages and this appears the place that would definitely know the correct answer! On the Victim/Informant/Witness Details page on a CRIS ... The VCOP actn compl? field is filled in with a date and name of officer... Circumstances: CPS NFA all charges 8th May 2024 ... Suspect informed of NFA on 9th May 2024 ... vcop actn compl? field reads... vcop actn compl? Y 012345 A N OFFICER 11/05/2024 Question... i) Is this the date the victim was informed of the CPS disposal decision? ii) Can this only be filled out by the officer that informs the victim of the CPS dispo…