AC3.1

Question 1

according to the Association Chief Police Officers, the aims of the police are…(4)

Answer 1

1) keep the peace + maintain order
2) protect life + property
3) prevent, detect and investigate crime
4) bring offenders to justice

Question 2

police seek to achieve their aims using special legal powers e.g. stop, search, arrest, detain + interview. most powers are given under what act

Answer 2

the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984

Question 3

who was the philosophy of the police summed up by who

Answer 3

Sir Robert Peel

Question 4

what is the police philosophy

Answer 4

police are the servants of the public and the law

Question 5

what does the policing rely on and how is this to be achieved

Answer 5

the consent of the public + this is to be achieved by upholding the law with minimal use of force

Question 6

in 2024/25 what was the total budget of the police

Answer 6

£18.4 billion

Question 7

3 sources of police funding

Answer 7

1) approx. 2/3 from central government
2) most of rest comes from local council tax
3) small amount from charging for services e.g. policing football matches

Question 8

between 2010 and 2018 police funding fell by 19%. what did this mean?

Answer 8

fall of 20,000 in police