STOP & SEARCH

• Reasonable Suspicion
• SHACKS
• Seen – what have you seen?
• Heard – What have you heard?
• Actions – Yours and theirs
• Conversations – what did they say, what did you say.
• Knowledge  -  what do you already know about the individual (intelligence).
• Smell – Drugs

• If a constable has reasonable grounds to suspect that a person is in possession of any stolen property, the constable may without warrant
• Search that person or anything in his possession and detain him for as long as is necessary for the purpose of that search
• Search any vehicle or vessel
• Enter and search any premises occupied by a second hand dealer or a metal dealer for the purpose of his business
• Seize and detain anything found in the course of any such search which appears to the constable to have been stolen or to be evidence of the commission of a theft and they may use reasonable force

• SCT 23 MDA 1971
• SCT 43 TACT 2000
• SCT 47 FA 1968
• SCT 48 CLCSA 1995
• SCT 50 CLCSA 1995
• SCT 60 CGSA 1982

• IDEAS
• Identity yourself
• Detain with relevant power
• Explain object and grounds
• Articulate grounds
• Slip
• Issue receipt

• DIE
• Danger - something that presents a danger
• Implement - anything concealed to aid escape
• Evidence - concealed in relation to offence

• Search the person
• Seize anything in their possession
• Cause them to appear in an ID parade

Any encounter between a police officer and a member of the public, which results in that individual being searched for the purpose of obtaining evidence

• SCOTLAND
• Jacket
• Outer garments
• Gloves
• Headgear
• Footwear

• No such thing as a consensual search
• If grounds cease...you must STOP