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POLICE POWERS AND FORENSIC PROCEDURES

Search Warrants
General Search Warrants
Other search warrants and police powers
Police powers
Reasonable cause to suspect
The power to search and seize property
General Police Powers
Stopping, searching and detaining vehicles, vessels and people
Searching on land for stolen vehicles
Drunk and disorderly people
Request for personal details
Request for information about the identity of drivers and owners
Request for information regarding firearms
Power of Arrest
Arrest for offending
Arrest for outstanding warrant(s)
Arrest for interstate offence(s)
Arrest for intervention orders
Arrest for child protection restraining orders
Arrest for breach of parole
Application of the Cross-border Justice Act 2009 (SA)
Arrest procedure
Delivery to nearest police station
Investigation of a suspected offence
The rights of an arrested person
Police caution
Telephone call
Solicitor, relative or friend
Right to an interpreter
Right to silence
Application for Police bail
Refusal to allow a telephone call or presence of a particular person
Use of reasonable force
Procedures to be humane and in accordance with medical standards
Search procedures
Identity procedures
Forensic procedures
Suspects procedures
Definition of a serious offence
Simple identity procedure
Authorisation for a forensic procedure
Offenders procedures
Directions to persons not in custody
DNA Database Systems
Police questioning and interviewing
Interviewing suspects with complex communication needs
Identification parade
Being Charged
Taking Instructions for Overnight Advice Service

The Legal Services Commission offers an overnight advice service for people who have been arrested for indictable offences and are in police custody. The following chapter provides an outline of some police powers in relation to search and arrest procedures, including forensic procedures, and highlights the rights of an arrested person. This information is particularly applicable to the overnight advice service.