Professor Homer 04/29/2015 Police stopping and Search (A) Every American and immigrant has the constitutional right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure. Unfortunatly‚ The police often has power to stop and search which are suspected to have stolen or had done something that is illegal. It has been obvious policing tool since the government has given more power to them. However it had prevented criminal acts happening as police can stop and search anyone who they have reasonable suspicion
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Public law– Stop and Search and Arrest I would advise Norbert that there are several factors that need to be considered before concluding if his search was legal. Firstly the question arises that did the policemen have the right to stop and search Norbert. It can be argued that the police did have the right to stop Norbert under PACE (s 1(3)) as they were suspicious that Norbert was involved in the theft that had taken place in the next street and Norbert was a well known burglar (Bentley v
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Felony Traffic Stop Brandon Huda Most people think that a felony traffic stop is the same thing as regular traffic stop. Well it’s not; they are two completely separate procedures. A traffic stop‚ most commonly called being pulled over‚ is a temporary detention of a driver of a vehicle by police to investigate a possible crime or minor violation of law. An example of this is being pulled over for speeding or reckless driving. A felony traffic stop occurs when police stop a vehicle in which they
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development of the powers of stop and search. It will look at how these powers have evolved over the years and evaluate why they have changed. It will examine elements of the Scarman Report‚ the report published by the Royal Commission on Criminal Procedure and the MacPherson Report‚ to provide a further analysis on why police forces had to change their practices of stop and search and how minority communities’ relationships with the police have changed‚ both before and after the reports. It will conclude
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“The police have a number of powers of stop and search. When using any power they must always have regards to the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE) codes of practice.” The effectiveness of the police stop and search procedures being used as a valuable tool in the detection of crime can be measured by looking at the role that stop and searches play in policing and the arrests they lead to. However their impact on the community and the negative image it has given the police force outweigh
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Stop and Search The macro level is able to affect pre-emptive measures in the micro level which are promoted by the culture of fear from the government and support of the media. In order to prevent the risk of future terrorist attack‚ punitive pre-emption measurements were taken by recreating the exaggeration image of future attacks (Walklate and Mythen‚ 2014). Stop and Search in the UK were actually established in 1984 under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act which were formed due to the disorder
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What you would do before‚ during and after an earthquake? Earthquake is a natural phenomenon that happens all over the world. It causes a lot of horrible losses and sometimes even human losses. It shivers even when we talk about it‚ it’s like been played with‚ you can think only about one thing that your life is about to end. So what you would do before‚ during and after the earthquake if you knew that it might happen in a week?! At the beginning you must know how to be prepared is a good question
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Stop and Search Powers summary The police often stop and search people which are suspected to have stolen or prohibited articles in possession. The power to do this comes from the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 which indicated “a constable may search a person or vehicle in public for stolen or prohibited articles” (Elliott and Quinn‚ 2011‚ 374). The police must follow a procedure when they are to stop and search a suspect. First of all they cannot stop and search at random; they must have
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Title How effective is police stop and search (PACE act 1984)? Introduction This assessment will focus on Section 1 of The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Stop and Search powers). I will look at the use of stop and search before the Macpherson report and after the Macpherson report and compare how it has changed. The use of stop and search powers allow the police to tackle crime and anti-social behaviour‚ and to prevent more serious crimes occurring generally in public places like a Football
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Conducting a High Risk Traffic Stop For an Officer of the law to perform a safe and effective high risk stop they must be precise and proficient at the skill. A “High Risk” Traffic Stop is any traffic stop where the officer has a strong reason to believe that the driver or any person in the car has committed a serious crime or a Felony and/or is armed and dangerous. The officer must follow the Six Steps which include Initial Tactics‚ Initial Instructions‚ Removal of Occupants‚ Control‚ Custody from
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