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Searches Flashcards

This Deck covers the types of searches, Safeguards & legislation that you are required to know for the exams.

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Explain section 32 of LEPRA

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LEPRA, Section 32

Preservation of privacy & dignity during a search

  • Request co-operation
  • Only search persons of the same sex
  • Offer privacy wherever possible
  • Conduct least invasive search for the circumstances
  • Conduct search as quickly as possible
  • Explain if any clothing needs to be removed & why
  • Not perform questioning while searching is being conducted
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Whenever police exercise a power to search a person they must?

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(HCCM)

H - Hold the state of mind required by LEPRA
C - Comply with the rules for searching in Section 32 & 33
C - Comply with the safeguard requirements in part 15
M - Make a contemporaneous record of the search

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Explain the THIS principle

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(THIS)

T - Time, date & place
H - History of the person & location
I - Intelligence available (Must be current)
S - Situation in which the interaction is taking place

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Strip search means a search of a person or of articles in the possession of a person that may include?

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a) Requiring the person to remove all of their clothes, and

b) An examination of the person’s body & clothes (but not of the persons body cavities)

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What is Section 36 of LEPRA

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Power to search vehicles & seize things without warrant

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In conducting a search of a person, officers must follow Section 30 of LEPRA, list rules within this section

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LEPRA, Section 30

Rules for searches generally

  • Quickly run hands over the person’s outer clothing
  • Require the person to remove outer clothing, jacket & shoes
  • Examine anything in the possession of the person
  • Pass metal detector over the persons outer clothing
  • Do anything authorised by this act for the purposes of the search
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7
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What is section 208 of LEPRA?

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Search detained intoxicated persons

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Where can a person be strip searched?

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a) At a police station or other place of detention, if the officer suspects on reasonable grounds that the strip search is necessary for the purpose of the search, or
b) In any other place. The officer suspects on reasonable grounds that the strip search is necessary for the purpose of the search & that the SERIOUSNESS & URGENCY of the circumstances make the strip search necessary at that place.

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What is a strip search?

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Any search that goes beyond what is permitted by a person search, is a strip search

Strip searches may or may not involve the removal of clothing

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What is section 30 of LEPRA?

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Rules for searching generally

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What is section 31 of LEPRA?

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Strip searches

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What is section 32 of LEPRA?

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Preservation of privacy & dignity during a search

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What is section 33 of LEPRA?

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Rules for conduct of a strip search

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14
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What is section 27 of LEPRA?

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Power to carry out search on arrest

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15
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What is section 28A of LEPRA?

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Power to carry search of person in lawful custody after arrest

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16
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What is section 21 of LEPRA?

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Power to search persons & seize & detain things without warrant

17
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What is section 22 of LEPRA?

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Power to seize & detain articles on premises

18
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What is section 23 of LEPRA?

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Power to search persons for dangerous implements without a warrant in public places & schools

19
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What are the two types of searches?

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  1. A person search (General) (Section 30 LEPRA)

2. A strip serach (Section 31 LEPRA)

20
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A police officer may stop search & detain a person if they suspect on reasonable grounds the person has?

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(SPAD)

S - Stolen or otherwise unlawfully obtained

P - Prohibited plant or drug

A - Anything used or intended / connected with relevant offence

D - Dangerous article in public place, used in connection with a relevant offence

21
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What are the rules under Section 33 of LEPRA?

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  • Conducted in private area
  • Not in presence or view of opposite sex
  • No search of cavities
  • No examination of person by touch
  • No more clothes than necessary
  • Can be preformed in front of medical practitioner of opposite sex

If between 10-18 or impaired intellectual
- in presence of a parent or guardian

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