Young People and their Rights

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Young People and their Rights

• Embrace

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Embrace

• Specialise in Personal Development Programmes
  Courses
• Work with young people
• Police Consultation
• Employability Courses
• Independent Custody visitors
• Sit on various bodies and groups

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ASBOs

• Persistent nuisance
• Noise/air pollution
• Excessive noise, particularly at night
• Street fights
• Lack of control over pets
• Failure to upkeep property/lands
• Repeated unauthorised use of premises
• Abandoned vehicles
• Vandalism and graffiti
• Damage to property

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ASBOs

• Anti-social behaviour orders (ASBOs) are civil
  orders made by a court which prohibit a person
  from specific anti-social acts and from entering
  defined areas on a map (exclusion zones). An
  order can last for a minimum of two years. The
  purpose of an ASBO is to protect the public from
  behaviour that causes, or is likely to cause,
  harassment, alarm or distress, rather than
  specifically punish an offender.
• To successfully apply for an ASBO requires local
  people working in partnership with the police and
  other agencies such as the local councils and
  housing associations to get as much information
  as possible on the trouble that's being caused.

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• The evidence is then presented at a Magistrate's
  Court, where the decision to impose an order is
  made. ASBOs can be issued against any person aged
  10 or over whose behaviour has caused harassment,
  alarm or distress and can last between two and
  five years. Breaching an ASBO is an indictable
  offence and can result in a prison sentence.

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Dispersals

• A dispersal order can be placed on an area for a
  specific period of time, where the community has
  suffered from persistent intimidation and
  harassment.
• A dispersal order gives police officers the right
  to
• Tell people in the group to leave the area
  (either immediately or at a stated time and in
  stated way).
• Tell people who don't live in the area to leave
  (either immediately or at a stated time and in
  stated way).
• Tell people who don't live in the area not to
  return to the area or any part of it for such
  period (not exceeding 24 hours) from where the
  direction as given, as he/she may specify.

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• A person who knowingly contravenes this is liable
  to a fine of up to 2500 or up to three months in
  custody. The police officer also has the power of
  arrest in such a case.

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SECTION 60

• Criminal Justice and Public Order Act, 1994
• Inspector or above can authorise stop search
  for 24 hrs if they believe that
• -incidents involving serious violence may take
  place in any locality within the police area, and
  an authorisation given under this section would
  be expedient to prevent their occurrence or
• -people are carrying dangerous instruments or
  offensive weapons in any locality in the police
  area without good reason.

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SECTION 60

• Can be exercised within any locality.
• Inspector has to notify Superintendent asap.
• Additional 24 hrs must be authorised by
  Superintendent or above.

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STOP SEARCH

• What is Stop and Search?
• A Stop and Search is when a police officer
  stops you in a public place and searches you,
  your clothes and anything you might be carrying.
  You can also be stopped and questioned, but if
  you are not physically searched, this is only a
  Stop.

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What theyre looking for

• Police can search you for
• Drugs
• Weapons
• Stolen property
• Terrorism-related evidence
• Evidence of other crimes

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STOPS

• You will not necessarily be searched every time
  you are stopped. Sometimes you may just be
  stopped and questioned. The officer involved must
  explain why you are being stopped. You must be
  given a form if the police officer or police
  community support officer asks you
• What you are doing
• Where you are going
• What you are carrying
• Why you are behaving in a certain way

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The police must provide certain information

• Their name and the station where they work
  (unless the search is in relation to suspected
  terrorist activity or giving his or her name may
  place the officer in danger. They must then give
  a warrant card or identification number)
• The law under which you have been stopped
• Your rights
• Why you have been Stopped and Searched
• Why they chose you
• What they are looking for

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Record of the Stop ( Search)

• They must also give you a Stop and Search form
  that records those details. If you later decide
  to make a complaint about how you were treated,
  that form will be your proof that you were
  stopped on that date, at that time.

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Complaints

• Feel that the police who searched you were rude,
  or used excessive force
• Believe you were unfairly targeted to be searched
  
• Witnessed somebody else being mistreated by the
  police
• Have a friend or relative who was mistreated
• Please note If you want somebody to complain on
  your behalf, you must give your consent in
  writing. Police will still want to speak with you
  at some stage in their investigation of the
  complaint.

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Complaints

• At your local Police Station or Police
  Headquarters.
• Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC)
  08453002002, enquiries_at_ipcc.gsi.gov.uk
• Local Police Authority, www.apa.police.uk
• Local Race Equality Council
• Solicitor

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FURTHER INFORMATION

• Association of Police Authorities
• www.apa.police.uk
• Commission for Racial Equality
• www.cre.gov.uk
• Independent police Complaints Commission
• www.ipcc.gov.uk