Questions tagged [police-power]
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Is it against the constitution to require restaurants to only serve people with a vaccine certificate in the United States?
I heard that New York is implementing a vaccine certificate for people who want to do certain indoors activities such as going to the cinema, eating and training, so I was wondering if that was against the constitution or not since I thought only…
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What powers do police have to force people onto trains?
It is in the news that police have forced a number of children aged 10 and up onto trains against their will.
What powers do police have to require people to board trains?
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What provision commonly allows police to enter one’s home following one’s arrest to search for stolen property?
In case one is arrested for stealing things, or possibly also for drugs offences, it is common for police to visit the suspect’s home address and search it for items of a similar character. What legal provision gives police these types of powers?
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Is it generally legally allowed for UK police to lie to people in the regular course of discharging their policing duties?
Generally speaking can one count on the words coming out of a British police officer in uniforms mouth as truthful? Under what circumstances is it permitted not to be? Is there any special circumstances or authorizations that are required for them…
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Can someone be arrested for not being ‘nice’ to police?
We came out of a night club and there was a police car with dogs barking at the back of it. For some reason this fascinated my friend and he stood behind the police car laughing and watching the dogs bark. Few seconds later an officer came through…
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How are police powers subject to separation of powers?
I recognized that finding a precise definition of police powers is a bit challenging. But, would it be reasonable to say that police powers are those powers of government reserved to the States by the 10th Amendment?
To what extent that police…
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Does Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000 (no right of silence) apply when a person enters Great Britain from N Ireland after crossing Irish border?
In Britain, Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000 abolishes the right to silence when a person enters Britain, and this Schedule has been used by the police to interview British citizens who have entered Britain through seaports and airports.
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When can police arrest you for your own safety?
According to the charity Liberty, police can arrest you to prevent you from
suffering physical injury yourself – for example, if your behaviour might provoke others to assault you, so you need to be arrested for your own protection
What provisions…
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What are the cross-jurisdictional effects of British police powers?
I believe that an officer of the Metropolitan Police or British Transport Police could just as easily arrest a person within the City of London (which has its own police force) as one of Surrey police could arrest a person in Kingston-upon-Thames…
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What provisions allow police to bring an elderly person home against their will?
On January 6, 2021, police famously detained late then 90-odd year old Eric Levy outside of Westminster magistrate's court, and everyone thought that he had been arrested for breaching Coronavirus regulations, but in fact they had brought him home…
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When investigating a bogus report, can police enter a home?
Let's say that neighbors can hear glass cracking and screams coming from within a house. After hearing it, one of the neighbors notifies the police, who come inside the house and handcuff the lone occupant after suspecting that a murder may be…
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Who has the right to authorise a private police force?
I used to work in an area where I would often see the Federal Reserve Police, due to the presence of a Federal Reserve Bank. These police officers do have police powers including the power to arrest suspects, despite the fact the Federal Reserve…
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In India, what phone location tracking may or must network providers do to aid police?
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1). suppose if a phone was moving around within few miles radious for few days and it was turned on several times in that duration. But now the phone is turned off permanently and only after phone is turned off police…
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When can one's phone be seized to retrieve video evidence taken on its camera?
Meet Bob. Bob was at a pub when a brawl broke out and when police attended he was still filming it including the arrests on his phone.
Meet Alice. Alice was at a protest when someone started accosting threatening and mildly assaulting her all of…
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What is the reason for the procedure of stop-and-account to be defined and named?
What is the reason for the procedure of stop-and-account to be defined and named if it does not carry any powers to compel a subject to comply with it?
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