Unit 6: Criminal Investigation Procedures in Practice
Assignment A: importance of working within the legal framework.
THE PACE ACT:
PACE codes (the police and criminal evidence act 1984) is an act of codes that regulate
police powers and protect the public rights. Any police that fail to follow the PACE act
results in any evidence collected invalid for court, this applies to anyone in the criminal
investigation. PACE has 4 separate codes
CODE A: Stop and Search, this allows police to stop and search you anywhere and at any
time of day. They can search you and your vehicle without arresting you. Officers are only
required to record your ethnicity, object or the search, the grounds for the search, the
identity of the officer carrying out the search, date, time, and the place the search took
place. On the 7th of March 2011, this version of PACE CODE A came into force with changes
for recording stop and searches.
To stop and search someone it must be used fairly and with respect for the people that are
being searched. Equality Act 2010 makes it unlawful for any police officer to discriminate
against anyone, harass them or victimise them based on their beliefs, gender, or race etc.
you must have reasonable grounds of suspicion has to be proved before you can carry out a
stop and search.
CODE B: deals with the police powers to search premises and seize and retain any property
found. This code allows the police to search your premises or seize any of your property that
they have found on you or in the premises.
Code B applies to the prevention of terrorism act 2005 to search premises. To search
premises without a warrant only applies to premises that have been occupied or controlled
by someone who is under arrest for an offence. You cannot use your suspicion to search any
premises, an occupier can consent to the search, but they can also withdraw consent at any
time during the search. Search and seizures must be fully justifying before use because they
can interfere with the occupier's privacy.
CODE C: sets out requirements for detention treatment and the questioning of suspects not
related to any terrorism in police custody.
Code C is detention treatment and questioning the purpose of this is to ensure that anyone
suspected of being involved in a crime and any other people who are in police custody are
getting treated fairly and properly. When a person is brought to a police station its either
because they are under arrest, have handed themselves in and is arrested at the station or
they are there to answer their bail.
Assignment A: importance of working within the legal framework.
THE PACE ACT:
PACE codes (the police and criminal evidence act 1984) is an act of codes that regulate
police powers and protect the public rights. Any police that fail to follow the PACE act
results in any evidence collected invalid for court, this applies to anyone in the criminal
investigation. PACE has 4 separate codes
CODE A: Stop and Search, this allows police to stop and search you anywhere and at any
time of day. They can search you and your vehicle without arresting you. Officers are only
required to record your ethnicity, object or the search, the grounds for the search, the
identity of the officer carrying out the search, date, time, and the place the search took
place. On the 7th of March 2011, this version of PACE CODE A came into force with changes
for recording stop and searches.
To stop and search someone it must be used fairly and with respect for the people that are
being searched. Equality Act 2010 makes it unlawful for any police officer to discriminate
against anyone, harass them or victimise them based on their beliefs, gender, or race etc.
you must have reasonable grounds of suspicion has to be proved before you can carry out a
stop and search.
CODE B: deals with the police powers to search premises and seize and retain any property
found. This code allows the police to search your premises or seize any of your property that
they have found on you or in the premises.
Code B applies to the prevention of terrorism act 2005 to search premises. To search
premises without a warrant only applies to premises that have been occupied or controlled
by someone who is under arrest for an offence. You cannot use your suspicion to search any
premises, an occupier can consent to the search, but they can also withdraw consent at any
time during the search. Search and seizures must be fully justifying before use because they
can interfere with the occupier's privacy.
CODE C: sets out requirements for detention treatment and the questioning of suspects not
related to any terrorism in police custody.
Code C is detention treatment and questioning the purpose of this is to ensure that anyone
suspected of being involved in a crime and any other people who are in police custody are
getting treated fairly and properly. When a person is brought to a police station its either
because they are under arrest, have handed themselves in and is arrested at the station or
they are there to answer their bail.
