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POLICE POWERS TO STOP AND SEARCH S.1 of PACE : • Gives police officers right to stop and search a person or a vehicle in a public place or a place to which the public have access, provided that the officer has reasonable grounds to suspect that they will find stolen or prohibited article. • Police are not entitled to stop people at random on the off chance that something interesting will turn up. • Any stolen or prohibited articles discovered by the police may be seized and recorded. • The power to stop-and-search is governed by Code A, which explains that the following factors are not reasonable grounds for arrest: - Person's colour/age/hairstyle/manner of dress - Previous conviction What is 'reasonable suspicion'? Reasonable suspicion can never be supported on the basis of personal factors alone without supporting intelligence or information or specific behaviour by the person concerned. For example, a person's race, age, appearance or the fact...

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