Tag: Police

  • Entrapment

    Definition of Entrapment In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Entrapment : Deliberately trapping a person into committing a crime in order to secure his conviction, as by offering to buy drugs. English courts do not recognize a defence of entrapment as […]

  • Entrapment

    Definition of Entrapment In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Entrapment : Deliberately trapping a person into committing a crime in order to secure his conviction, as by offering to buy drugs. English courts do not recognize a defence of entrapment as […]

  • DNA samples and finger prints

    Provisions were included in the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 amending PACE. Under these provisions DNA samples and finger prints must be destroyed if it appears to the police that the material was taken unlawfully. DNA samples and fingerprints of those arrested but not convicted must […]

  • Stop and Search Powers and the Terrorism Act 2000

    The stop and search power contained in s. 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000 has been repealed and replaced by a new power to stop and search without reasonable suspicion contained in the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012. The new stop and search powers are inserted as s. 47A of the Terrorism Act […]

  • National Crime Agency

    National Crime Agency replaces SOCA to facilitate the fight to organised crime. Provisions for the establishment of the National Crime Agency are contained in the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012. Source: Update to English Legal System (Elliot) See Also […]

  • Police and Crime Commissioners

    Police and Crime Commissioners (PCC) In 2012, the UK Government was planning to encourage a stronger local input into policing by creating directly elected commissioners known as police and crime commissioners (PCC). Statutory provisions for their establishment are contained in the Police […]