Def check 3

• Powers of stop and search – Section 1 PACE 1984 

  Where a Police constable has reasonable grounds for suspecting that he/she will find stolen or prohibited articles. He/she may search person/s or vehicle/s or anything in or on vehicle/s for stolen or prohibited articles and may detain person/s or vehicle/s for that purpose.

  Grounds for search

  Object / purposes of search

  Warrant card (if in plain clothes or requested)

  Identity of officer/s

  Station to which attached

  Entitlement to a copy of the search record

  Legal power

  You are detained for the purposes of search
• Going Equipped - Section 25 Theft Act 1968

  When not at their place of abode has with them any article for use in the course of, or in connection with any burglary, theft or TWOC
• Offensive Weapons Section 1 - Prevention of Crime Act 1953

  Any person without lawful authority or reasonable excuse (proof of which shall lie on them) has with them in any public place any offensive weapon shall be guilty of an offence.                                                                        

  Any offensive weapon is any article made or adapted for causing injury or intended by the person having it with them for such use by him or another person      
• Bladed and Pointed Articles in a Public Place - Section 139 Criminal Justice Act 1988

  Any person who has with them any article, which has a blade OR is sharply pointed in a public place without good reason or lawful authority, commits an offence. 
• Criminal Damage - Section 1(1) Criminal Damage Act 1971

  A person who without lawful excuse destroys or damages any property belonging to another:

  Intending to destroy or damage any such property or being reckless as to whether any such property would be destroyed or damaged  
• Power of search after arrest (person) – Section 32 PACE 1984

  A constable may search a person who has been arrested at a place other than a police station, if the constable has reasonable grounds for believing the arrested person may:

  present a danger to themselves or others or have concealed on them an implement they might use to assist them to escape from lawful custody or have concealed on them anything that might be evidence relating to an offence