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The police's power of arrest and your rights - procedures, identification, reasonable force
Detention services order 07/2016 about the Home Office’s responsibility to complete a risk assessment before restraining a detainee under escort.
This guide provides information about being arrested in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and what conditions are like in prison there.
This guide provides information about being arrested in Qatar and what conditions are like in prison there.
Your rights when bailiffs visit your home - entering your home, debts, complaining about private bailiffs, court bailiffs, civilian enforcement officers, certificated enforcement agents. Includes information from the withdrawn EX345 guidance.
The police can stop and question you at any time - they can search you depending on the situation.
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