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POWERS OF STOP AND SEARCH In this case, James was stopped at 2.00 am by two uniformed police officers, who wanted to know what was in his bag. Under section 1 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984(PACE), it is stated that a constable can only conduct a stop and search in a public place, if he has reasonable grounds for suspecting that stolen or prohibited articles would be found on the person. As well as this fact, it must be examined in James case whether the police complied with notification requirement, in explaining to him the reason for been searched (in accordance to section 2 and 3 of PACE). Therefore it must be questioned whether the police officers were legal in their actions towards him. Did they have the authority to stop and search him in the first place? The power to stop and search has always required reasonable...

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