CC102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Indictable Offence, Legal Aid, Arrest Warrant
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Chapter 5 police powers and decision making. Charter limits police powers: certain investigative techniques (electronic surveillance, jail informant, warrantless searches, gathering and disclosing evidence, abuse of process defense. The courts have ruled that: thermal imaging is okay, bigshot investigative styles, rules about counsel (lawyers, detention Requirements: reason for arrest, right to counsel, right to remain silent. Arrest warrant: document that permits a police officer to arrest a specific person for a specific reason. Information: a written statement sworn by an informant alleging that a person has committed a specific criminal offense. Police officer should: identify themselves, inform the suspect that they are being arrested, give the reason for the arrest/show the warrant (documentation, touch suspect on the shoulder. Belief that person has committed an indictable offense. Belief that a person is about the commit an indictable offence. Anti-terrorism act: arrest on suspicion rather than reasonable grounds. To be informed of the reason (section 10 of charter)
