police

• an article is prohibited if it is

  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.
• Amount of time

  Distance

  visibility

  Obstructions

  Known or seen before

  Any reason to remember

  Time lapse

  Errors
• any article made or adapted for use for causing injury to the person or intended by the person having it with them for such use by him, or by some other person
• 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 burglary or theft
• any place to which, at the material time, the public has, or is permitted access, whether on payment or otherwise.
• 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 (R v Howell 1981)
• Anyone whose whereabouts cannot be established and where the circumstances are out of character for the context suggests the person may be subject of crime or at risk of harm to themselves or another.
• section 1 (1)(a) crime and disorder act 1998

  behaving in a manner the caused or was likely to cause harassment alarm or distress to one or more persons not of the same household as themselves
• 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
• any incident or pattern if incidents of controlling, coercive or threatening behaviour violence or abuse between those aged 16 or over who are or 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:

  psycological

  physical

  sexual

  financial

  emotional

  although not included in the legal definition, kent police include honour based violence female genital mutilation and forced marriage.
• an assault is

  any act which intentionally or recklessly causes another person to apprehend immediate and unlawful personal violence
• section 1 of the theft act 1968

  a person is guilty of theft if he dishonestly appropriates property belonging to another with intention of permanently depriving the other of it and thief and steal be construed accordingly
• section 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 shall be guilty of an offence.