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A police caution as a non-statutory disposal of an offence is quite different from the caution used for the purpose of advising a suspect of their right to silence. [3] The aims of the formal police caution [4] [5] are: to offer a proportionate response to low-level offending where the offender has admitted the offence;
The Judges' Rules, with the inclusion of a caution on arrest of the right to silence, were not taken in by the government until 1978. However the rights were already well established by case law as was the necessity of no adverse comments, the principle being that the defendant does not have to prove his innocence – the burden of proof rests ...
Clause (c) allows for a defence on the grounds of reasonable behaviour. This interpretation will depend upon case law. In Dehal v Crown Prosecution Service, Mr Justice Moses ruled that in cases involving freedom of expression, prosecution is unlawful unless it is necessary to prevent public disorder: "a criminal prosecution was unlawful as a result of section 3 of the Human Rights Act and ...
A Constable may also (unless the arrest was at a police station) search an arrested person for anything which he might use to assist him to escape from lawful custody, or which might be evidence relating to an offence. [20] This power is given to both Constables and PCSOs by Section 32 of the Police and Criminal Evidence act 1984.
Police Community Support Officers : Common law - to prevent a Breach of the Peace; s24A Police Criminal Evidence Act 1984; Power to detain under Police Reform Act 2002; Immigration Officer (formerly UK Border Agency): s28a Immigration Act 1971; schedule 2, paragraph 17(1) Immigration Act 1971; s23 UK Borders Act 2007; HMRC Criminal ...
London police arrested a 25-year-old man early Saturday morning after he allegedly climbed over a wall and entered the royal stables at Buckingham Palace. The man was detained at 1:25 a.m Saturday ...
An armed man with body armor, knives and suspicious writings that included the words "You gonna learn today" was arrested Wednesday in New York City. Police took the man into custody around 4:30 a ...
People arrested under immigration law are treated in the same way as those arrested by police for other offences. They are subject to the provisions of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 and, when arrested, are usually interviewed under caution in a police station and may have access to legal representation.