Law for Student Police Officers
Edition: 1st
Author: Jonathan Merritt
ISBN: 978 1846410383
Publishers: Learning Matters
Price: £20
Publication Date: 2007
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This new, comprehensive text
examines all the areas of criminal and policing law that Student Officers need
to study during their IPLDP. Presented in a user-friendly format, each chapter
is linked explicitly to the relevant National Occupational Standards and
includes clear aims and objectives, revision notes, knowledge check questions
and answers, practical activities, and suggestions for the reader’s SOLAP
(Student Officer Learning and Assessment Portfolio). As well as being ideal for
Student Officers, this book is a valuable resource for PCSOs (Police Community
Support Officers) with its coverage of the relevant National Occupational
Standards for PCSOs.
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All chapters are linked to
National Occupational Standards for Policing and Law Enforcement |
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Includes ‘need to know
boxes’, practical activities and exam-style knowledge check questions |
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Suitable for Student
Officer training at both foundation degree and NVQ levels |
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Acknowledgements
Foreword
Table of statutes
Table of cases
Introduction - How
to use this book
Basic legal
concepts
Human rights
Police powers under
PACE 1984 and SOCPA 2005
Other police powers
Police organisation
Violence and
intimidation
Sexual offences
Drugs and solvents
Property Offences
Public order
Crime Prevention
Animals
Sentencing Issues
Introduction to
Evidence
Children, young
persons and the mentally ill
Conspiring, aiding,
abetting and attempting to commit crime
Weapons
Alcohol,
drunkenness and licensing
Roads policing
An understanding of
civil law
Appendix 1
Index
Review
The book is a great starting point if you are just starting as a trainee police officer. Great knowledge checks, revision notes, aims, objectives and scenarios. I am half way through learning loads. Danielle Fitzsimmons, Nuneaton"
Passing the Police Recruit Assessment Process - 2nd Edition
Edition: 2nd 2010, Paperback
Author: Peter Cox
ISBN: 978 1844453580
Publishers: Law Matters
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Price: £17
Publication Date: 2010
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The number of people applying to join the police continues to grow, but only one in ten applications prove successful. This new book, written by a former police officer who helped devise the assessment process, is packed with practical advice for those applying to become a police officer. It is easy to read and use, covering all aspects of the process - from completing the application form to the logical and numerical reasoning tests - ensuring that the reader is fully prepared to undergo selection.
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practical tips to help with application forms, interviews and role plays |
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Practical
exercises and advice on how to avoid common pitfalls |
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Sample logical
and verbal reasoning questions, with explanations of the correct solutions |
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Each chapter
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For over four
years, Peter Cox was an Inspector in exams and assessment at Centrex,
Harrogate. During this period he was responsible for training recruit
assessors, designing recruit assessment exercises and ensuring the assessment
process was adopted nationally by all police forces.. He has also served as a
Police Officer for twenty-seven years and holds a Certificate of Education.
Practical Skills for Police
Community Support Officers
Edition: Paperback
Author: Sue Madsen
ISBN: 9781846410406
Publishers: Law Matters
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Price £14
Publication Date: 4th
May 2007
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Are you training or applying to become a Police Community Support Officer, or an existing PCSO who wants to revise and update your knowledge? Whatever stage you are at, you will find this book an invaluable companion in your day-to-day practice. With helpful overviews and reminders of the skills essential to a PCSO, this book will help you meet the challenges and demands of the job.
Common
scenarios are described in detail, with a step-by-step explanation of the
suggested response and action. Completely up-to-date, the book encourages you
to draw upon current legislation and police methods in a number of different
situations. The National Occupational
Standards are highlighted throughout to develop competency and indicate
opportunities for workplace assessment and portfolio development. Easy to read
and clearly laid-out, this book is a "must-have" for all PCSOs at any
point in their career.
About
the Practical Policing Skills series:
All the books in this series have been created for anyone preparing, or
training, for a career in the police service.
Each title is full of practical advice and built around the competencies
and standards for policing.
The
Author:
Sue
Madsen is a serving Police Sergeant with Durham Constabulary. Her current post
as a Police Trainer and Trainer Development Officer is based within the
professional development unit of Durham Constabulary, where she deals
exclusively with the operational tutelage period and assessment of student
police officers. Sue also holds a Certificate of Education and is both a
qualified Recruit Assessor and Police Promotions OSPRE Exam Assessor.
Contents
Introduction
Role of the Police
Community Support Officer
Skills and
Abilities
Effective Foot
Patrol
Anti-Social
Behaviour (Youth Nuisance)
Community Meetings
Licensing
Traffic Related Duties
Vehicle Nuisance
Statement Writing
Appendix A: PCSO:
suggested standardised powers
Appendix B: PCSO:
role profile
Appendix C: Witness
statement: property
Appendix D: Witness
statement: youth nuisance
Appendix E: Witness
statement: alcohol
Index
