Arrest Statement

Section 8 - Arrest Statement

• When arresting someone, you have to read their rights on the scene of the arrest. The correct rights to read are as follows:

Your under arrest for [Offense]

Arrest necessity, eg to prevent harm 

Caution them, You do not have to say anything. But it may harm your defence if you do not mention when questioned something which you later rely on in court. Anything you do say may be given in evidence.

Tell them they are going to be searched and if they have anything bad on them they should identify it now (S32 of PACE)

• You should be searching the suspect at the scene of the arrest; immediately seizing any illegal possessions the suspect may have. Any illegal possession should be added as an additional charge. Once any items have been removed, you should then transport the suspect back to the Police Station to begin processing them.

• The most common type of search is a stop and search on a crime scene, this will be referred to in the UK Legislation as searching someone under the "Section 1 of the PACE act".

• Reading the act or section under a certain law is a necessity and it is enforced to allow people a better quality of RP as well as to enable us to see who is performing to the highest standard.

• Detaining someone and searching someone involved or situated in an area with has recently undergone either a shootout or other event is acceptable, and should be used appropriately.