Police Powers- Stop And Search 😊

Question 1

Where can stop and search rules be found?

• act
• section
• code

Answer 1

Police and criminal evidence act 1984
Sections 1-7
Code A

Question 2

Police can stop anyone or vehicle if they have …………… that the person or vehicle has ……… or ……….

Answer 2

Reasonable suspicion
Stolen goods
Prohibited items

Question 3

What three items can a police officer ask you to remove in public?

Answer 3

Outer coat
Jacket
Gloves

Question 4

Is a garden a public place?

Answer 4

Yes if it isn’t their property, if it is then police need a warrant as it is trespassing

Question 5

What must an officer tell a suspect on a stop and search?

Answer 5

1. Name and station
2. Purpose of stop
3. Legal grounds for stop

Question 6

Which act states the rules for equality and what does it state?- Stop and search

Answer 6

Equality act 2010- searches must be conducted fairly and responsibly eliminating all discrimination and stereotypical views

Question 7

Why must stop and searches be carried out efficiently?

Answer 7

To ensure that they case isn’t void or acquitted

Question 8

Two steps to reasonable suspicion for S+S….

Answer 8

1. Officer must’ve formed a general suspicion individually that they will find the object in question
2. The suspicion that the object will be found must be reasonable

Question 9

Explain the importance of gang insignia to a S+S

Answer 9

If there is reasonable evidence that a group or gang carry a prohibited item and wear a distinctive type of clothing then they can be stopped on the grounds of reasonable suspicion

Question 10

When might organised protest groups come under reasonable suspicion?

Answer 10

If members of an organised protest group have previously brought items intended to cause damage to support their aims, if they have them on them now or they have reasonable suspicion to believe they will bring these items to the next protest

Question 11

What might class as reasonable evidence?

Answer 11

• intelligence from the police

- no intelligence but unusual behavioural traits

Question 12

Explain police questioning on the stop and search?

Answer 12

They can question them before the search- released if they can explain their action
If questioning provides reasonable grounds or new evidence then they can be searched even though there were no grounds at the beginning

Question 13

What force can the police use?

Answer 13

Reasonable force- not excessive

Question 14

What other physical touching can an officer perform on the initial S+S?

Answer 14

Place hands in pockets
Feel around inside of collars, socks and shoes
May ask for the removal of headgear if they believe it is for disguise purposes

Question 15

Where can an officer perform an intimate search?

Answer 15

Must be conducted at a nearby police station or at a location near to the stop

Question 16

What information about the stop must be recorded? And what mustn’t?
How many records are made?

Answer 16

Must: ethnicity, date, time and place
Mustn’t: name, address, date of birth

Two- one given to the person and one kept by the police

Question 17

Further powers added to the police for stop and search?

Answer 17

• the misuse of drugs act 1971 - reasonable grounds with no evidence
• terrorism act 2000- people can be stopped whether there are reasonable grounds or not
• the criminal justice and public order act 1994- they can stop and search if they anticipate violence

Question 18

Stop and search key figures? X2

Answer 18

Only 9% of stop and searches lead to arrest

Black people are 6 times more likely to be stopped than whites

Question 19

Example of a miscarriage of justice

Answer 19

Osman VS Dpp- failure to give name