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POLICE POWERS
* = External LinksLecture notes:
Primary Resources:
- Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984
- Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 *
- Terrorism Act 2000 (see also Explanatory Notes) *
- Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 *
- Criminal Justice and Police Act
2001
* - Criminal Justice Act 2003 *
Information from the Home Office:
Further Reading: (All External Links:)
- Independent Police Complaints Commission
- BBC Action Network - How To Make A Complaint About The Police
- Home Office - About Police Complaints
- The Police Complaints and Misconduct Regulations 2004
Recent News Articles:
You can search for these newspaper articles here on the site, as they could be on our database. Alternatively, search through the individual newspaper's database.
Curb on right to silence prompts more suspects to talk (The Times, January 26 1998)
Blacks are most at risk in police custody deaths (The Times, July 31 1998)
Blacks are more likely to be arrested and jailed (The Times, August 21 1998)
R v Chief Constable of Cheshire, Review failure made detention unlawful (The Times Law Report, January 27 1999)
Yard investigates 350 miscarriages of justice cases (The Times, February 8 1999)
Police get tougher powers to tackle violent crime (Home Office, 1 March 1999)
New police discipline procedure comes into force (Home Office, 31 March 1999)
Police watchdog alarmed at misuse of CS spray (The Times, July 9 1999)
Tougher penalties for failing officers (The Times, July 20 1999)
Police ease off stop and searches (The Times, August 12 1999)
'Tortured' man to sue police for damages (The Times, October 27 1999)
When arrest is unlawful (The Times, November 16 1999)
Cleared defendants 'made to pay for staying silent' (The Independent, 17 November 1999)
R v Doldur, Jury cannot convict on adverse inference alone (The Times Law Report, December 7 1999)
Blacks are still main target of stop and search (The Times, December 10 1999)
Police 'misusing' powers to stop and search Asians (The Times, December 15 1999)
Who polices the policemen? (Independent, 22 February 2000)
Police may lose right to deal with complaints (The Times, May 2 2000)
Condron v UK (ECHR), Breach over direction on silence of accused (The Times Law Report, May 9 2000)
Consultation on new police complaints system published today (Home Office, 17/05/2000)
Averill v UK (ECHR), Access to lawyer required before interview (The Times Law Report, June 20 2000)
Terrorism Bill receives Royal Assent (Home Office, 21/07/2000)
Stop-and-search police are 'rude but not racist' (The Times, September 21 2000)
