Topic E - Police Powers

Question 1

Frontline duties

Answer 1

in relation to policing, frontline staff are directly involved in the public crime - fighting face of the force. this includes neighbourhood policing, response policing and criminal investigation

Question 2

Warrant card

Answer 2

this is a form of identification that a police officer has. it has the authority related to being a police officer

Question 3

Home Secretary

Answer 3

a senior government minister in charge of the Home Office who has responsibility for crime policy, counter terrorism, immigration and passports

Question 4

Breach of the peace

Answer 4

when harm is done or likely to be done to a person in their presence, to their property, or a person is in fear of being harmed through assault, an affray, a riot or other disturbance (R v Howell 1982)

Question 5

Warrant

Answer 5

an official document signed by a judge or magistrate giving a police officer the right to arrest a person o people named in the warrant

Question 6

Oppression

Answer 6

exercising power or authority in an unjust or cruel way

Question 7

Adverse inference

Answer 7

a legal inference that goes against the concerned party, for example, assuming that a suspect made no comment so that they could fabricate a story

Question 8

Forensic Science

Answer 8

the application of scientific knowledge and methods to legal problems and criminal investigations to provide objective and logical evidence for a court of law

Question 9

Autopsy

Answer 9

(also called post-mortem) an examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death

Question 10

Toxicology

Answer 10

a scientific study of the nature, effects and detection of chemicals in living organisms

Question 11

Ballistics

Answer 11

the study of objects that are thrown or shot through the air such as bullets from a gun