Legal Environment

Crimes Act 1958 (Vic)

S.458

• Bring offender before a court
• S.458(1) "...take before a bail justice or the Magistrates' Court to be dealt with according to law..."

• Arrest with a warrant
• Arrest without a warrant
• Summons

No! Warrant Card

• when they believe on reasonable grounds;
• you have committed/about to commit an offence
• or may assist in an indictable offence investigation

must inform them in sufficient detail to understand offence/ suspected offence

S.456AA

If a member of Victoria Police asks for name and address you can in turn ask for there name, rank and place of duty, orally or in writing

• For questioning
• Manager makes a Decision
• Ascertain if property was stolen

• Bring offender before a court
• Preserve public order
• Stop continuation/commission/repition
• Safety/welfare of the public and offender
• When instructed by VP Member
• When escaping/aiding a person from legal custody

IMPRISONMENT

• When the offence is regulatory
• When you posess there name and address (50%)

additional powers of police to aprehend offenders

arrest is not unlawful even if suspect did not commit offence

• -use force to effect or assist in lawful arrest and
• -to prevent continuance commission completion of indictable offence
• -force not DISPROPORTIONATE

justified in using force to prevent commission of suicide

That upon arrest you are entitled to know why

When circumstances indicate that he knows why, or when offender makes it impossible to be told

The why does not have to be technical or precise in language

the apprehension, detention of a person in order for them to answer for an alledged or suspected offence