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Arresting times

Jacqui de Silva examines the laws and controversies around the powers of arrest, with recent cases you can use in exam answers

Police powers of arrest are governed by PACE

This article is relevant for OCR AS Unit G151.

An arrest is a restraint on the liberty of a person under due process of law. Arrests can be made either after a warrant for the arrest of a person has been issued (which happens rarely) or without a warrant (which is more usual).

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