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Question 1

List the Ladder of Suspicion from bottom to top

Answer 1

Hunch -> Suspect -> Believe -> Fact

Question 2

List the reasons under Section 17 (1) PACE that a constable may enter and search premises

Answer 2

1. Executing warrants
2. Recapturing
3. Saving life and limb

Question 3

When executing a warrant, what circumstances can you enter a premises in order to arrest someone?

Answer 3

Indictable offence

Specific offences

Question 4

When entering a premises, do you need reasonable grounds to suspect of believe?

Answer 4

If executing a warrant or recapturing, you need reasonable grounds to believe.

If saving life and limb, you need reasonable grounds to suspect.

Question 5

When may a constable search a person who has been arrested away from a police station under S32 PACE - Search upon arrest?

Answer 5

If the constable has reasonable grounds for believing that the arrested person may present a danger to himself or others.

Question 6

What items must we believe the suspect has on them in order to search upon arrest?

Answer 6

Dangerous Article
Implement to Escape
Evidence relating to an arrest

Question 7

When may a constable search a premises having arrested a person away from the police station under S32 PACE - Search upon arrest?

Answer 7

Constable may enter and search any premises upon which a person has been arrested for an indictable offence, or where they had been immediately prior to arrest to find evidence relating to the arrest.

Question 8

Can you enter and search a premises for concern of welfare?

Answer 8

No - altogether too low a test