General Revision Flashcards
3 forms of arrest
- Seizure/Touching
- Words or conduct
- Submission
What are the 2 forms of crime prevention?
- Situational
2. Social
Main forms of situational crime prevention?
- Education and awareness initiatives
- CCTV
- Target hardening devices (lights, locks ETC)
Main forms of social crime prevention?
- Youth diversion programs
- Supporting at risk communities
- Family intervention programs
What are the 4 key crime prevention approaches?
- Addressing environmental conditions that promote and sustain crime.
- Eliminating risk factors and enhancing protective factors.
- Addressing social exclusion and promote community cohesiveness.
- Enhancing the capacity of criminal justice agencies.
What are examples of crime prevention strategies?
- Coffee with a cop
- Neighbourhood watch
- Community Safety Precinct Committee (CSPC)
- Safer by design
- Think before you trek
- Community Engagement days
- Information sessions/posters/initiatives
- Community awareness policing programs
External partners of the NSW Police Force?
- NSW Health
- FACS
- SES
- Fire and Rescue
- Department of housing
- Corrective services
- Local council
List of Internal partners?
- DVLO
- Detectives
- POLAIR
- Forensic Services Group
- Highway patrol
- TOU
- Child abuse squad
- Dog squad
- Rescue and bomb squad
- Negotiation unit.
What 2 tests are used to determine if something is ‘Reasonable?
What does each test mean?
- Subjective test - relates to the view of the individual. The suspicion or belief in the police officers mine at the time.
- Objective test - would a person armed with the same information the officer had at time have held the same belief or suspicion?
Four general reasons to arrest?
- Arrest for an offence (S.99)
- Warrant (S.101)
- Breach of the peace
- Specific power (e.g. Bail Act S.77)
What are the safeguards set out in LEPRA 202?
I - INFORM - Reason for exercise of power
P - PROVIDE - Name and place of Duty
E - EVIDENCE - That you’re a police officer (unless in uniform)
What section allows police to search on arrest?
LEPRA S.27
What 2 things does LEPRA S.28 allow police to do?
To have a person being searched to:
- open his or her mouth to enable it to be searched
- To shake or otherwise move his or her hair.
(Both require reasonable suspicion)
What section allows police to search a person in lawful custody after arrest?
LEPRA (S. 28A)
What does S.230 and S.231 relate to?
- S.230 - use of force generally by police.
- It is lawful for police exercising a function and online helping the police officer to use such force is reasonably necessary. - S231 - Use of force in making an arrest.
- A police officer or other person who exercises a power to arrest another person may use such force as is reasonably necessary to make the arrest or to prevent the escape of the person after arrest.