Title: Y/507/3619 Use plice pwers t deal with Level: 3 Credit Value: 10 GLH: 40 Learning Outcmes The learner will: 1. understand the requirements fr using plice pwers when dealing with Assessment Criteria The learner can: 1.1 summarise the legislatin, rganisatinal requirements, natinal guidelines and persnal respnsibilities that relate t using plice pwers Indicative Cntent Persnal Safety and Risk Management Crrect use f arrest and warrants Plice Pwers Legislatin Justice Outcmes PACE Cdes f Practice 1.2 explain the principle f releasing withut delay, where infrmatin is received that negates the need fr: arrest detentin reprting ther dispsal ptins 1.3 summarise the types f cntingencies that may arise during the prcessing f Infrmatin and Intelligence gathering infrmatin Crime and Investigatin cnducting investigatins Persnal Safety and Risk Management Crrect use f arrest and warrants de-arresting cancelling reprts and cntacting Plice Pwers Persnal Safety and Risk Management Crrect use f arrest and warrants dealing with cntingencies e.g.: medical welfare abusive r aggressive behaviur Natinal Decisin Mdel (NDM) Page 1 f 5
2. be able t arrest and detain in line with legal and rganisatinal requirements and timescales 1.4 explain the ptins available t plice fficers fr dispsing f 2.1 establish grunds t justify an arrest 2.2 arrest Persnal Safety and Risk Management Crrect use f arrest and warrants Justice utcmes Dispsal ptins Dispsal ptins in relatin t incidents e.g: arrest reprt fr summns Fixed Penalty Ntice (FPN) restrative justice frmal cautin verbal warning take n actin Persnal Safety and Risk Management Crrect use f arrest and warrants grunds and legal authrity Persnal Safety and Risk Management Crrect use f arrest and warrants arrest detain and reprt Plice and Criminal Evidence Act (PACE) 1984 2.3 detain Lcal frce plicy and prcedure Persnal Safety and Risk Management Crrect use f arrest and warrants 2.4 keep the custdy fficer infrmed f prgress t enable them t make a decisin n dispsal Optins e.g.: Reprt Verbal warning Lcal reslutin Frmal cautin Restrative justice Take n actin 2.5 preserve evidence during the arrest in line with apprved practice Page 2 f 5 Crime and Investigatin cnducting investigatins scenes f crime Frensics preserving evidence
3. be able t reprt in line with legal and rganisatinal requirements and timescales 2.6 recrd actins taken thrughut the arrest, nting: ratinale grunds cmpliance r therwise actin taken t deal with cntingencies 3.1 establish grunds t justify reprting Persnal Safety and Risk Management Crrect use f arrest and warrants dcumentatin timings Persnal Safety and Risk Management Persnal Safety Natinal Decisin Mdel (NDM) Persnal Safety and Risk Management Crrect use f arrest and warrants grunds and legal authrity Lcal frce plicies and prcedures 3.2 reprt Persnal Safety and Risk Management Crrect use f arrest and warrants Lcal frce plicies and prcedures 3.3 recrd actins taken whilst reprting Persnal Safety and Risk Management Crrect use f arrest and warrants grunds and legal authrity timings dcumentatin 4. be able t apply alternative ptins with regard t dispsal f, in line with legal and rganisatinal requirements 4.1 evaluate the risks and benefits f alternative dispsal ptins Persnal Safety and Risk Management Crrect use f arrest and warrants Natinal Decisin Mdel (NDM) Dispsal ptins may include: Fixed Penalty Ntice (FPN) restrative justice frmal cautin verbal warning take n actin Page 3 f 5
4.2 implement alternative dispsal ptins t frmal criminal justice prcesses Lcal frce plicies and prcedures 4.3 cmmunicate the cnditins f alternative dispsal ptins t relevant thers Relevant thers e.g.: alleged suspect victims witnesses Plice Service Criminal Justice Service Additinal Infrmatin abut the unit Unit aim(s) This unit is abut cnducting arrests, detentins and reprting prcedures, including the dispsal ptins available. Plice Cnstables have the authrity t exercise an extensive range f plice pwers with autnmy, acrss many ptentially vlatile situatins, nt least when dealing with individual suspected f cmmitting an ffence. The learner will need t be able t cnduct their actins legally and in a balanced and prprtinate manner, cnsidering the impact f their actins n thers. They will need t use the crrect techniques and deal with any cntingencies that arise. Unit expiry date June 2018 Details f the relatinship between the unit and relevant natinal ccupatinal standards (if apprpriate) Details f the relatinship between the unit and ther standards r curricula (if apprpriate) Assessment requirements specified by a sectr r regulatry bdy (if apprpriate) CD5, AA1, AB1, AE1, AF1, CA1, GC10 Indicative Cntent clumn describes the link between the assessment criteria and relevant cnsideratins/examples, and areas f the Natinal Plice Curriculum (). Knwledge Element Applicatin f knwledge shuld be demnstrated in a learning and develpment envirnment prir t applicatin in the wrkplace Wrkplace Assessment: Cmpetence must be practically demnstrated n tw ccasins in the wrkplace, acrss each f the fllwing: arresting a suspect reprting a suspect applying an alternative dispsal ptin frm arresting and reprting applying discretin and taking n further actin Page 4 f 5
Endrsement f the unit by a sectr r ther apprpriate bdy (if required) Lcatin f the unit within the subject/sectr classificatin system Name f the rganisatin submitting the unit Availability fr use Cllege f Plicing Prfessinal Bdy fr Plicing in England and Wales Skills fr Justice The sectr skills cuncil fr justice 1.4 Skills fr Justice Restricted (CP request) Availability fr delivery June 2015 Page 5 f 5