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Police Powers - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Stolen Items
      - Offensive weapons
      - Items intended for criminal damage (CJA 2003)
      - Fireworks (CJA 2003)
      - Controlled drugs (S23 Misuse of Drugs Act)
  - - - Must have genuine suspicion
      - Suspicion must be reasonable
  - - - Their name
      - The station they are based at
      - The grounds for the stop and search
      - Their S60 grounds for stop and search (if applicable)
  - - - Ethnicity of person
      - Object of the search
      - Grounds for search
      - Date, time and place
      - Outcome of the search
- - - - S30- Suspect must be taken to police station ASAP
      - S 36- Custody officer decides whether enough evidence to charge.
      - S37- Assess whether evidence can be obtained through questioning
        
        If not and not enough evidence for charge suspect must be released
      - S40- Detention reviewed after 6hrs then every 9hrs
      - S41- Detention up to 36 hrs
      - S44- Apply to magistrates to extend detention up to 96 hours
      - S54- Seize any item they believe may be used to cause injury
      - S55- Intimate searches
      - S64- DNA samples may be taken and archived
        
        S & Marper v UK (2008)
        
        Caused amendment of S64
        
        S64(1)(3)
        
        if suspect acquitted or not prosecuted, DNA samples must be destroyed
        
        Stored on national database
    - - Intimate searches
        
        Blood
        
        Semen
        
        Oroficial searches
      - Non-intimate searches
        
        Hair
        
        Footprints
        
        SOCPA S67A
        
        Mouth
        
        DNA
  - - - Can be suspended for 36 hrs
    - - Can be suspended for 36 hrs
    - - Children under 17
- - - - To find out name if believed false
      - To find out address if believed to be false
      - To prevent the person harming themself or someone else
      - To prevent the person's disappearance
      - To protect a vulnerable person