Police Powers in Great Britain by Snježana Husinec

Police power The inherent authority of a government to impose restrictions on private rights for the sake of a) public welfare, b) order, and c) security. by Snježana Husinec

UK police force and the Home Office The UK police force is a modern, responsive institution responsible for building safer and more secure communities for all. The Home Office (the lead government department for immigration and passports, drugs policy, counter-terrorism and police) is responsible for policing in England and Wales and the Scottish Executive is responsible for policing in Scotland. 43 police forces in England and Wales employing over 233,000 personnel - over 140,000 police officers, - nearly 78,000 police staff and - over 15,600 Police Community Support Officers - 14,500 Special Constables in England and Wales (volunteer police officers) by Snježana Husinec

Operational Policing Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE) and accompanying Codes of Practice provide the core framework of police powers and safeguards around stop and search, arrest, detention, investigation, identification and interviewing detainees PACE sets out to strike the right balance between the powers of the police and the rights and freedoms of the public by Snježana Husinec

PACE Code A Deals with the exercise by police officers of statutory powers to search a person or a vehicle without first making an arrest. It also deals with the need for a police officer to make a record of a stop or encounter. Code B Deals with police powers to search premises and to seize and retain property found on premises and persons. Code C Code C sets out the requirements for the detention, treatment and questioning of suspects not related to terrorism in police custody by police officers. Code D Concerns the main methods used by the police to identify people in connection with the investigation of offences and the keeping of accurate and reliable criminal records. by Snježana Husinec

PACE Code E Deals with the audio recording of interviews with suspects in the police station. Code F Deals with the visual recording with sound of interviews with suspects. There is no statutory requirement on police officers to visually record interviews. However, the contents of this code should be considered if an interviewing officer decides to make a visual recording with sound of an interview with a suspect. Code G Deals with powers of arrest under section 24 the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 as amended by section 110 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005. Code H Code H sets out the requirements for the detention, treatment and questioning of suspects related to terrorism in police custody by police officers. by Snježana Husinec

Read the text. Match the questions with the paragraphs and answer them. a) What are the main police powers? b) What should the use of force the police are entitled to be like? c) From what point of view is the law related to police powers important? by Snježana Husinec

II Read about the four main police powers in the UK and fill in the tables. I ARREST LAWFUL UNLAWFUL THE ARRESTED PERSON/ SUSPECT THE POLICEMAN by Snježana Husinec

II SEARCH LAWFUL UNLAWFUL THE SEARCHED PERSON THE POLICEMAN by Snježana Husinec

III ENTRY LAWFUL UNLAWFUL THE OCCUPIER THE POLICE by Snježana Husinec

IV SEIZURE LAWFUL UNLAWFUL THE OWNER THE POLICE by Snježana Husinec

III Find the English equivalents for the following Croatian legal terms. statutarni prekršaj kazneno djelo protupravnog oduzimanja slobode pobjeći iz pritvora izvršiti uhićenje opirati se uhićenju činiti/imati obilježja napada ući na imanje/ u prostorije uhićenja na osnovu naloga činiti štetnu radnju/delikt ometanja posjeda izbaciti uljeza zadržati stvari namjerno otuđivanje imovine štetna radnja protupravnog zadržavanja ili otuđenja dobiti odštetu by Snježana Husinec

IV Find synonyms or explain the following words and phrases. a scuffle to be reversed to be entitled to to retaliate by Snježana Husinec