General Police Duties (Blackstone's Police Q & A)

by Fraser Sampson (Editor), JohnWatson (Author), HuwSmart (Author)

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  Paperback
  2002

  $3.27

  Designed to mirror the best-selling Blackstone's Police Manuals, this Q&A series combines the expertise of the Manuals' creators with that of experienced and highly successful question writers. Now published annually with the Blackstone's Police Manuals, the Q&As are completely up to date with the police promotion examination syllabus. Following the subject areas in the same sequence as the Manuals, and drawing upon the relevant text, this series sets out an extensive range of professionally developed Multiple Choice Questions, designed to reinforce knowledge and understanding of all four Police Manuals, and to highlight any gaps or weaknesses in that knowledge. The 2004 editions of this popular series contain substantial updates, reflecting changes to the 2004 version of the Blackstone's Police Manuals, and include questions relating to the Police Reform Act 2002, the Criminal Evidence (Amendment) Act 1997, and the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001. This new edition focuses on General Police Duties and covers key topics including: human rights; police powers; harassment, hostility and anti-social behaviour; public order and terrorism; firearms and weapons; civil disputes; offences and powers relating to information; discrimination and equality. It has also been extensively rewritten, and includes new questions on important areas of the law.

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  Paperback
  2005

  $127.61

  Designed to mirror the best-selling Blackstone's Police Manuals , this series is written by experienced and highly successful question writers. Each Q&A book contains 100s of multiple-choice questions designed to reinforce knowledge and understanding of all four Police Manuals, and to highlight any gaps or weaknesses in that knowledge. Following subjects in the same sequence as the Manuals and drawing upon the relevant text, the Blackstone's Police Q&As 2007 are essential revision material for all police officers sitting the Sergeants' Part 1 promotion examinations. The 2007 editions of this popular series contain substantial updates, reflecting changes to the 2007 versions of the Blackstone's Police Manuals , and also now contain handy paragraph references to the relevant Manual and a question checklist to mark the answers. This new edition focuses on General Police Duties, has been revised and update to include new questions on important areas of the law such as the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (SOCPA), the revised PACE Codes of Practice the Gambling Act 2005, the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005, the Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006 and the Terrorism Act 2006. Other titles in the series are: Crime 2007 , Road Policing Q&A 2007 , Evidence & Procedure Q&A 2007 .