Defs

• Prohibited Articles: - An offensive weapon (made,adapted or intended) or Bladed or sharply pointed articles (Excluding folding pocket knives with cutting edge of blade not exceeding 3 inches) OR Articles made, adapted or intended for use in the course of or in connection with any Burglary, Theft, Taking without owners consent or fraud or criminal damage or firework.
• AdvoKate

  A amount

  D distance

  V visibility

  O obstructions

  K known

  A any reason to remember

  T time lapse

  E Errors
• Offensive Weapon

  Any article made or adapted for use for causing injury to the person or intended by the person having it with him for such use by him, or by some other person.
• Going equipped


  It is an offence for any person, when not at his place of abode, has with him any article for use in the course of or in connection with any burglary or theft.
• Public place


  Any place to which, at the material time, the public has, or is permitted access, whether on payment or otherwise
• Breach of the peace


  Common Law

  A breach of the peace occurs when harm is done or is likely to be done to a person, or in his presence, his property or whenever a person is in fear of being harmed through an assault, affray, riot or other disturbance.
• Missing persons


  Anyone whose whereabouts cannot be established and where the circumstances are out of character of the context suggests the person may be subject of crime or at risk of harm to themselves or another.
• Anti-social behaviour


  Behaving in a manner that caused or was likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress to one or more persons not of the same household as themself
• Critical Incident 


  Any incident where the effectiveness of the police response is likely to have significant impact on the confidence of the victim, their family or community
• Domestic Abuse


  Any incident or pattern of incidents of controlling, coercive or threatening behaviour, violence or abuse between those aged 16 or over who are or who have been intimate partners or family members regardless of gender or sexuality. This can encompass but is not limited to the following types of abuse:

  • psychological
  • physical
  • sexual
  • Financial
  • emotional
• Assault


  Any act which intentionally or recklessly causes another person to apprehend immediate and unlawful personal violence.
• Theft


  A person is guilty of theft if he dishonestly, appropriates, property, belonging to another, with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it and the ‘thief’ and ‘steal’ shall be construed accordingly.
• Criminal damage 


  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 shall be guilty of an offence.
• Robbery


  A person is guilty of robbery if he steals, and immediately before or at the time of doing so, and in order to do so, he uses force on any person or puts or seeks to put any person in fear of being then and there subjected to force.
• Burglary- section 9 of theft act 1968


  9(1)(a)- he enters any building or part of a building as a trespasser with intent to steal anything in the building, or part of the building, or inflict GBH on any person therein or, do unlawful damage to the building or anything therein.
• Burglary 9(1)(b)


  Having entered any building or part of a building as a trespasser he steals or attempts to steal anything in the building or that part of it or inflicts or attempts to inflict on any person therein any grievous bodily harm
• Motor vehicle

  A mechanically propelled vehicle intended or adapted for use on roads
• Mechanically propelled vehicle

  An MPV is a vehicle constructed so that it can be propelled mechanically by internal combustion engine, steam, electricity
• Section 59 of police Reform Act 2002

  59(1) where a constable in uniform has reasonable grounds for believing that a motor vehicle is being, or has been, used on any occasion in a manner which

  (a) contravenes section 3 or 34 of the Road Traffic Act 1998(careless and inconciderate driving and prohibition of off road driving

  (b) is causing or likely to cause,alarm,distress, or annoyance to members of the public
• He shall have power to

  59(3)(a) order the person driving to stop the vehicle

  59(3)(b) seize and remove the vehicle

  59(3)(c) enter any premises on which he has reasonable grounds to believe the motor vehicle to be.

  59(3)(d) use reasonable force, if necessary, to do any of 59(3) A-C above.
• 59(4) A constable shall not seize a motor vehicle in the exercise of the powers conferred on him by this section unless-

  (a) He has warned the person appearing to him to be the person whose use falls within subsection (1) that he will seize it if that use continues or is repeated;and

  (b) it appears to him that the use has continued or been repeated after the warning.