 
|
Hilary Y
|
Yes. A police officer in England and Wales has the same powers wherever they are in the country. A special constable only has powers in their own and neighbouring constabularies.
If a crime is committed in Yorkshire then it is up to the Yorkshire police to deal with it.
For example - you have your wallet stolen whilst you're on holiday in Scarborough. You don't have time to report it as you are on your way home, so you pop into Birmingham Central and report it there.
Your crime report will be sent up to whichever Yorkshire force covers Scarborough and they will deal with it.
Now, say the thief lived in Derby.
Yorkshire will contact Derbyshire and ask them to make the arrest. The offender will then be taken to Yorkshire for the investigation and any court appearances.
Police usually only travel to another force to make an arrest in serious cases like murder or rape, or where the presence of officers from that Force would help the immediate investigation e.g. any search after arrest where their knowledge would help identify evidence.
Hope that helps. |
|
diggerdan57
 |
yes but they must be accompanied by the west midlands police
none what so ever |
|
can i be your pet?
|
the police do their work for the whole of england. everybody is under the governance and protection of the police.
they are only split up to make running their departments easier
their training is the same, the procedure they need to go through to arrest people is also the same. if it wasn't then there would be questions to raise about whether it's permissible for one department's police to arrest in another.
it's not like in the states where one state is a foreign body from another. we're all one place. the states are a union, not a conglomeration so their laws are different and their operating procedures maybe different, their land belongs and is governed by different people. not so for england.
in this light, it has to be fair for any police to lawfully arrest anyone anywhere in england, but perhaps not in the republic of ireland, and not in scotland because they have different rules and procedures. |
|
doingitallforangel
 |
yep, a cop is a cop...no matter where he is. |
|
robocop48
|
They can't in the USA without the assistance of the local police, the local cops arrest the person and then hand them over...in the UK I believe they can.
Edit: The answer below me put it really well...the difference between police authority in Scotland and England would be on a par with the difference in authority of cops in Oklahoma and Arkansas. Thumbs up to him/her! |
|
Matias G
 |
Yeah they can. they have to involve the Local police force. even in pursuit. |
|
sunnybums
|
It would make no difference where you reported it, that force would take the crime details then pass onto whichever force will investigate, That is in England and Wales. Scotland have a separate Law system but some offences are different there. The only other anomaly is the British Transport Police, they can arrest anyone in the whole of the UK put they only have powers of arrest within a 1 mile radius of any railway line, if its outside that they have no jurisdiction and must contact the local force for support |
|
Jim
|
"Stop looking @ me" gave an excellent answer. I enjoyed reading his answer regarding jurisdiction in the United States. |
|
Byte
|
Yes they can....sometimes they will travel or sometime they will get the local police to arrest for them |
|
CT
|
Yes they can.
Check out this very useful website.
www.askthe.police.uk |
|
Butt
|
They can and have done and will continue to do so many more
times before the end. |
|
heidi the ghosthunter
|
yes they can in uk and they then transfer you to wherever you committed the crime |
|
donna29374
 |
My daughter was a police officer in va and he crossed over into maryland and they said they was just being nice and as showing him a curtisy they let him do as he pleased against her. So your answer is yes they can do as they please.Take it from someone that has seen it frist hand and knows.Be carefrul. |
|
jamand
|
Yes! They can!
And NO it wouldn't!
BUT as a courtesy matter they would have to inform the local force. (unless it involved a pursuit) |
|
Massive Mann
|
It is a word called extradition. The police force from Yorkshire call the police force from West Midlands with an arrest warrant...this saves Yorkshire a trip, and then the criminal is " Extradited" and transported to West Midlands, arrested offically..and there you go. |
|
|
|
|
No Spam
Adult 
Gambling
Unfinished
Deception
Plagiarism
Not English
