Stop and Search

Question 1

What section under PACE is stop and search?

Answer 1

Section 1

Question 2

What does the ‘G’ stand for in GOWISELY?

Answer 2

Grounds

Question 3

What does the ‘O’ stand for in GOWISELY?

Answer 3

Object

Question 4

What does the ‘W’ stand for in GOWISELY?

Answer 4

Warrant Card (if not in full uniform)

Question 5

What does the ‘I’ stand for in GOWISELY?

Answer 5

Identity

Question 6

What does the ‘S’ stand for in GOWISELY?

Answer 6

Station

Question 7

What does the ‘E’ stand for in GOWISELY?

Answer 7

Entitlement

Question 8

What does the ‘L’ stand for in GOWISELY?

Answer 8

Legislation

Question 9

What does the ‘Y’ stand for in GOWISELY?

Answer 9

You are detained for the purpose of a search

Question 10

How long after a search can a person request a copy of the record, and from where?

Answer 10

3 months / 90 days, from any Metropolitan Police station

Question 11

What does the ‘P’ stand for in POSH?

Answer 11

Paint the policing picture

What is the information/intelligence?

Question 12

What does the ‘O’ stand for in POSH?

Answer 12

Observe

What do you see?

Question 13

What does the ‘S’ stand for in POSH?

Answer 13

Smell

What can you smell (petrol, paint, drugs, etc.)?

Question 14

What does the ‘H’ stand for in POSH?

Answer 14

Hear

What did you hear (Q&A, noises, voices)?

Question 15

What does ‘JOG’ stand for?

Items that you can remove in a stop & search

Answer 15

Jacket
Outer Coat
Gloves

Question 16

When using S23 MDA 1971, what use of force legislation can be used?

Answer 16

Section 3 Criminal Law Act 1967

Question 17

What does the ‘C’ stand for in COPSA?

Answer 17

Corrosive Substances

Question 18

What does the ‘O’ stand for in COPSA?

Answer 18

Offensive Weapons / Points & Blades

Question 19

What does the ‘P’ stand for in COPSA?

Answer 19

Prohibited Fireworks

Question 20

What does the ‘S’ stand for in COPSA?

Answer 20

Stolen Items

Question 21

What does the ‘A’ stand for in COPSA?

Answer 21

Articles for use in connection with:
- Theft
- Burglary
- TDA
- Fraud
- Criminal Damage
- Wilful obstruction of a highway
- Causing a public nuisance
- Public Order Act 2023

Question 22

Where can a Section 1 PACE stop and search take place?

Answer 22

In a public place only

Question 23

Under Section 1 PACE 1984, when can a person be searched in a garden attached to a dwelling?

Answer 23

Only if the person:
- Does not live in the dwelling
- Does not have the resident’s permission to be on the property

Question 24

Where can a Section 23 Misuse of Drugs Act stop and search take place?

Answer 24

Anywhere an officer has a right to be:
- Public place
- Invited into a private place (not tresspassing)
- If you have a warrant