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Police and criminal evidence Act 1984 and the public's growing mistrust.
Title: Police and criminal evidence Act 1984 and the public's growing mistrust.
Category: Social Sciences
Details: Words: 1471 | Pages: 6.3 (approximately 235 words/page)
Police and criminal evidence Act 1984 and the public's growing mistrust.
PACE, the Police, and the British Public
What is PACE?
PACE or Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 is what provides the police with the powers to "stop and search" individuals. But, then why does this area of the Act lead to so much public mistrust of the police?
The public are worried that the increasing power of the police to stop and search are an infringement of civil liberties. Of particular concern is recent legislation (…showed first 75 words of 1471 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1471 total…in a more professional manner. If the officers explain themselves to the detainee clearly and carefully and show the individual some amount of respect, then maybe the public will learn to trust the police once again, it may help if the police do start keeping copies of their searches (like they are supposed to). But until a reasonable compromise can be agreed upon, one can only imagine that things are only going to get worse.
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