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Power to search a person after arrest, prior to arrival at a police station?
S32 PACE
What are the four key points for a S32 (Person) search?
- person arrested
- place other than a police station
- before being conveyed to custody
- place near arrest
What three types of thing can you search for in a S32 PACE (person) search?
DIE
Danger to themselves or other
Implement to aid escape
Evidence of an offence
What can you remove in public view during a S32 PACE (person) search?
JOG
Jacket
Outer Garments
Gloves
In order to perform a S32 PACE (person) search for DIE which do you require?
A) Reasonable grounds to suspect
B) Reasonable grounds to believe
B) Reasonable grounds to believe
In order to search a person under S32 PACE you required Reasonable Grounds to Believe they are in possession of DIE.
How can you obtain those grounds if their is nothing obvious?
Ask, “Do you have….
- keys
- money
- a phone
- bank cards
- wallet”
All could be used to aid escape/ harm themselves.
You arrest someone at a place other than a police station, what power can you use to search that person for DIE?
S32 PACE
What evidence can you search a person for when using S32 PACE?
Evidence of an offence.
What power is used to search a premises if:
The person is arrest on that premises, or was on the premises immediately prior to arrest.
S32 PACE
What circumstances must exist for a S32 PACE (premise) search?
Indictable offence
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PIE
Premises arrest on
Immediately before arrest
Evidence of that offence
What evidence can you search for under a S32 PACE premise search?
Evidence of that offence
Which of the following types of offence must have been committed to allow a S32 PACE premise search?
(Select one or more answers)
A) Summary
B) Indictable (Either Way)
C) Indictable Only
B) Indictable (Either Way)
&
C) Indictable Only
You arrest someone inside a premise, and search that premise under S32 PACE. You find evidence of the offence for which you arrest the person.
What power can you seize that evidence under?
S19 PACE.
S19 PACE applies if performing a S32 premises search even if it’s evidence for which that search unlike other search powers.
You arrest someone for an indictable (either way offence), and want to search their house.
What power can you do this under?
S18 PACE
What evidence can you search for under S18 PACE?
Evidence of that or similar indictable offences