CC102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Offender Profiling, Legal Aid, Indictable Offence
Document Summary
Police powers: arrest, use of force, obtain dna, search, some police powers: Aircraft-deployed thermal imaging, stings, questioning suspects, interrogation and counsel, obtain dna by force, break the law while undercover. A written statement sworn by an informant alleging that a person has committed a specific criminal offence. Although arrest warrants and most search warrants are usually issued by jp"s can be issued by. Canada wide arrest warrants) are issued by superior court judges: warrants for dna are usually issued by judges. Police officer should: identify himself or herself, inform the suspect that they are being arrested, give the reason for the arrest or show the warrant, touch suspect on the shoulder. Arrest without warrant: caught committing an offence, belief that person has committed an indictable offence, belief that a person is about to commit an indictable offence, anti-terrorism act: arrest on suspicion rather than reasonable grounds.
