Standard 1
Giving the Police advice
We will give the Police advice to help bring criminals to justice.
1.1. We advise the police and other people who investigate crime.
This advice is usually about the following things.
About people who may be dangerous.
How to investigate people who may have done the crime.
Important decisions about evidence.
Groups of people who experience crime or anti-social behaviour. These may be groups such as people living in an area with a lot of crime. Or they may be bullied or affected by things like hate crime.- About unusual crimes.
1.2. We will give good advice. This advice will be given in a time limit.
1.3. We send a written copy of our advice.
1.4.We advise on:
Which crimes a person should be charged with. We also advise about other ways of dealing with the crime that mean the person does not go to court.- Where to look for evidence.
If evidence is good enough to be shown to the court.
How to get evidence that is good enough to be shown to the court.- If we need to get an expert to look at the evidence.
How to organise evidence that we don't use.-
If it is possible to ask the court for an ancillary order.
Ancillary orders can be used to stop people spending money that might come from crime. They can also be used to stop someone who is behaving in a way that upsets other people. Anti-social behaviour orders are a type of ancillary order. - The police have some special powers that they cannot use unless a Prosecutor agrees. The police use these powers to get evidence. They can also use them to make some witnesses say what happened in court. We advise when the police can use these powers.
If a person can be sent abroad to go to court in a different country, or brought back to this country for trial.
Sometimes people make money from crime. We advise on how to stop them spending that money.- How to get evidence about a crime from other countries.
Next page: Standard 2. Make the right charging decisions.
What words mean
- Ancillary Order
Ancillary orders can be used to stop people spending money that might come from crime.
They can also be used to stop someone who is behaving in a way that upsets other people.
Anti-social behaviour orders are a type of ancillary order.- Anti-Social Behaviour Order
Anti-social behaviour is bad behaviour which causes upset to one or more people who do not live with the person causing the problem.
It can include: graffiti, too much noise late at night, vandalism.
Anti-social behaviour orders are court orders which say you have to stop doing the bad behaviour.- Charge
A charge is made when the Crown Prosecution Service say that they think a person has done a crime and should go to court.
The court will decide if there is enough evidence to show that the person did do the crime.- Crime
- A Crime is something someone has done that breaks the law.
- Criminal
A criminal is someone who has done a crime.- Evidence
- Evidence is information that makes it clear that something happened.
Evidence can be things like someone saying they saw a crime happen, or blood on a weapon, or who did it. - Hate Crime
- A hate crime happens because the person who does the crime hates something about the victim.
This can be because of: Disability, Race, Religion, Sexuality.
If hate is the cause of the crime the punishment (sentence) will be longer. - Investigate
- When you investigate something you search for information that will help you understand more.
- Justice
Justice is the idea of something being right and fair.- Prosecutor
Prosecutors are lawyers who represent the people.
Prosecutors speak in court to accuse a person of a crime.- Witness
A witness is a person who sees the crime being done, or sees or knows something that shows who did it.
