1. Police Powers in Great Britain
by Snježana Husinec

2. 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.
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3. 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)
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4. 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
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5. 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.
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6. 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.
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7. 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?
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8. 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
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9. II SEARCH LAWFUL UNLAWFUL THE SEARCHED PERSON THE POLICEMAN
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10. III ENTRY
LAWFUL
UNLAWFUL
THE OCCUPIER
THE POLICE
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11. IV SEIZURE
LAWFUL
UNLAWFUL
THE OWNER
THE POLICE
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12. 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
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13. IV Find synonyms or explain the following words and phrases.
a scuffle
to be reversed
to be entitled to
to retaliate
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