police powers

Question 1

what is police powers governed under?

Answer 1

Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE)

Question 2

section 117

Answer 2

reasonable force - can be used by officers for stop and search, entry to premises, arrest, detention, samples, and searches

Question 3

section 78

Answer 3

inadmissibility of evidence - evidence will be deemed as inadmissible in court if the evidence has been gathered in an unlawful manner

Question 4

how did the police powers come about?

Answer 4

1981 - Sir Phillips came along and looked at the prosecution process which was not effective and had a huge conflict of interest (things like the Birmingham 6 happened), resulting in him making the Phillips Commission. And passed PACE