PACE

Question 1

What is Section 1 PACE 1984?

Answer 1

Stop and search powers

Question 2

What is the definition of Section 1 PACE 1984?

Answer 2

A constable may…

a) search any person or vehicle,
b) search anything in or on a vehicle for stolen or prohibited articles, or
c) detain a person or vehicle for the purposes of the s1 PACE search.

Question 3

Where can you do a Section 1 PACE search?

Answer 3

Public place

or

Dwelling if you have reason to believe that they do not live there

Question 4

What can you search for in a Section 1 PACE stop and search?

Answer 4

S - Stolen item
O - Offensive weapon (off weps)
A - Article relating to an offence 
P - Prohibited article 
BANG - Category 4 firework

Question 5

What can you ask someone to remove during a Section 1 search?

Answer 5

J - Jacket
O - Outer coat
G - Gloves

Question 6

What are the grounds for a stop and search?

Answer 6

S - See
H - Hear
A - Actions 
C - Conversations 
K - Knowledge 
S - Smells

Question 7

What must you say for a stop and search? ( Section 2 PACE )

Answer 7

G - Grounds for the search
O - Objective of the search

   W - Warrant no. 
     I - Identity 
      S - Station 
       E - Entitlement to a receipt of the search 
         L - Legal grounds being used 
          Y - 'You are being detained'

Question 8

What offences relate to a Section 1 PACE stop and search?

Answer 8

Burglary 
Theft 
TWOC (vehicle taken without consent) 
Fraud 
Criminal damage

Question 9

What is Section 32 PACE?

Answer 9

Search of a person following an arrest

Question 10

Where can a Section 32 search be done?

Answer 10

Anywhere other than a police station

Question 11

What items can you look for during a Section 32 search?

Answer 11

D - Danger to themselves or others
I - Implement to aid an escape from custody
E - Evidence of offence

Question 12

For a Section 32 search.. if it is an indictable offence.. where else can you search (other than the person) ?

Answer 12

Where they were immediately before or during the offence/ arrest

Question 13

What must you say on arrest?

Answer 13

You are under arrest on suspicion of…

Caution,
Grounds, and
Necessity for arrest

Question 14

What is Section 24 PACE 1984?

Answer 14

Power of arrest

Question 15

When can you arrest someone?

Answer 15

When an offence has been committed (past)

When an offence is being committed (present)

When an offence is about to be committed (future)

When you suspect an offence has happened… and… suspect that person committed it (double suspicion)

Question 16

What do you need for an arrest?

Answer 16

Grounds and Necessity

Question 17

What are the Necessities for arrest?

Answer 17

C - Child or vulnerable person (to protect them) 
O - Obstruction of a highway 
P - Public decency 
P - Physical injury 
L - Loss of damage to property 
A - Address 
N - Name 
P - Prevent their disseverance 
P - Prompt and effective investigation

Question 18

What is Section 17 PACE 1984?

Answer 18

Power of entry for purpose of arrest…

Section 17 provides a wide-ranging power to enter and search premises without a warrant in order to arrest persons or to save life, limb or property.

Question 19

What are the grounds to enter a premises under Section 17 PACE 1984?

Answer 19

A - Arrest for indictable offences 
R - Recapture an escapee at large 
S - Specific offences 
E - Execute warrant 
A - Arrest young person in detention 
R - Recapture pursuing 
S - Save life/ limb 
E - Execute commitment warrant

Question 20

Where can you carry out a Section 17?

Answer 20

Any place including dwelling, 
vehicle, 
off shore installation, 
tent, or 
other portable structure

Question 21

What is Section 18 PACE 1984?

Answer 21

Power to enter and search a premises occupied (or controlled) by a suspect after arrest… for an indictable offence.

There must be reasonable grounds for suspecting that there is evidence relating to that offence, or to another connected or similar indictable offence, on the premises prior to entry.

Question 22

What can you do under Section 18 PACE?

Answer 22

Enter… a premises occupied or controlled by a suspect who’s been arrested for an indictable offence

Search… for any evidence in relation to the relevant offence, or for another connected, or similar indictable offence

Seize… anything found during the course of the search in relation to the offence, or for another connect, or similar indictable offence

Question 23

What premises may you enter under Section 18 PACE?

Answer 23

Any premises occupied or controlled by the arrested suspect

Question 24

What approval is needed for a Section 18 entry and search?

Answer 24

Inspectors or above

Question 25

Section 18 ( 5 ) differs from s18 ( 1 ).. how?

Answer 25

s18 ( 1 ) - needs inspector or above approval

s18 ( 5 ) - notify inspector after

Question 26

What can you search for under Section 18 PACE?

Answer 26

Evidence relating to that offence, or

Evidence in connection to another indictable offence

Question 27

What is Section 19 PACE 1984?

Answer 27

General power of seizure

Question 28

How should you be on the premises for a Section 19?

Answer 28

Lawfully

Question 29

What can you seize under Section 19 PACE?

Answer 29

Anything obtained in commission of offence

Evidence relating to the offence

Anything to prevent its…

Concealment 
Lost 
Altered
Damaged 
Destroyed

Question 30

What is Section 117 PACE 1984?

Answer 30

Use of reasonable force

This covers anything under PACE