Last week I read an article on the BBC news website that stated; All new police officers in England and Wales will have to be educated to degree level from 2020, the College of Policing has announced. You can find the full article HERE. I disagree with the majority of this article and the majority […]
Writing Crime – The Custody Suit and Booking In
Last time saw us making an arrest. So, what do we do with our newly handcuffed offender now? You do have them handcuffed, don’t you? Or should you? Actually, you should only officially handcuff them if one of three specific grounds are in play. You suspect they will attempt to escape. You suspect they will […]
Writing Crime – Making An Arrest
We’ve found our body, done the post-mortem and searched our premises, where we’ve now found our suspected offender. So what are we going to do? Well, we’re going to arrest him, of course. But, let us step back a moment. Before you’ve gone into that search, your SIO (Senior Investigating Officer) will have recorded an […]
Writing Crime – Seizing Your Exhibits
So, we’ve been to a crime scene – but we’re not touching anything there, your CSI’s (yes, most forces have switched to the Americanism by now) do all the work in this domain – and we’ve entered premises to execute a search. But what happens once inside those premises? What do you do if you […]
Writing Crime – Using A Family Liaison Officer
We’ve previously found a dead body, now we need to keep in pretty close contact with the family of the victim. This takes a lot of time and instead of having a stream of different officers turning up at the door asking questions as and when needed, forces now have what are called family liaison […]
Writing Crime – Police Power To Enter Premises
Last time we talked about police powers to search premises – because we had just been to a crime scene and believed there may be evidence of an offence inside certain premises. Well, as we’re talking about grounds to enter premises, I thought I may as well cover the other powers officers have to enter […]
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