Preserving the Queen's peace.
The police are always making sure that the queen's peace is not being disturbed, E.g. at parades and demonstrations when the queen is on show they try their hardest to keep people behind barriers and to make sure that no-one offends the queen in any way or comes too close to her. They also try to preserve the peace at football matches or any sporting match by keeping their eye out for any fights that could happen or any riots that could start.
Obtaining and giving evidence.
To prove that someone is guilty, the police need to make sure that they have enough evidence to prove that the person is guilty and that they can prove it to other people. To do this they need to find out all the information possible at the crime scene and make sure that it leads to the victim. They also need to be able to show this information in court and prove that it is the suspect they have that is guilty.
Investigating sudden or suspicious deaths.
If a sudden or suspicious death occurs then the police sometimes need to get involved to find out what happened if it’s not of natural causes. To do this they need to cordon off the area or building that the person was found in, and look for all the evidence they can find to prove that it was a murder or a suicidal death. Once they have found all the evidence they could possibly find they go backwards in having to detect the crime and find out what happened.
I am also going to explain the roles of the fire service and ambulance service.
The main roles of the fire service in the English legal system are to:
- Investigate arson
- Inspections of premises and issuing of licenses.
- Operational
- Fire protection and enforcement
Investigating arson.
If an arson attack occurs the fire service are usually the first on the scene, closely followed by the police who need to investigate it. Once they have put the fire out they need to find out the cause of the arson and if they can any clues that lead to who started it and why. This is where the police come in and help them out as they need to work together to solve the crime.
Inspections of premises and issuing of licenses.
The fire service need to inspect all premises after a fire has occurred to make sure that the building is safe to enter and that they can start sorting all there stuff out. Also they need to issue licenses to all public buildings – shops, restaurants, hotels etc. They need to issue these licenses to make sure that they have the proper fire equipment and all the proper fire exits to make it safe. Before they can issue out fire licenses they need to inspect the place and make sure that it is safe to be in.
Operational.
This is when the fire service provide equipment and train their fire brigade, so that they are fully prepared for everything that could get thrown their way. The fire service need to train and be prepared for anything that could happen to them because they need to be ready for anything that could happen at any time.
Fire protection and enforcement.
This is when the fire brigade provides fire safety and prevention advice to everyone to make sure that they know how to deal with a fire if it happens and how to prevent one from happening as much as possible. They also need to inspect all public buildings to make sure that they are safe and fully equipped to deal with fires. To be prepared for a fire they need to have a means of escape, fire-fighting equipment, warning methods, fire drills; they also need to restrict the number of people that enter their building.
The main roles of the ambulance teams are to:
- Treat their victims
- Medical evidence
Treat their victims.
The ambulances main roles are to treat all the victims that cross their path. To do this they need to find out what is wrong with them down to the last minor detail and then work out from there how to treat them in the right way. To do this they need to ask the patient what is wrong with them and what happened, or if they are unconscious, try to get all the information they can from a relative or someone that was on the scene.
Medical evidence.
If something serious happens to a patient the ambulance service need to be able to get all of the evidence about that person to help them decide the cause of their death. To do this they need to find out all the details of that person so they would be able to find out their entire medical history that is relevant and any doctors' notes that they would need to know.
Al the services play an important role in the English legal system no matter how small or big it is, it's all of the same importance. You would think that the police have the biggest role to do, which they do have but they also have enough officers and staff to do their job properly, where as the ambulance and fire brigades jobs are just as Important but they don't need to do as many jobs as the police to keep there roles working properly. The main difference between the police, the fire and the ambulance service is that the ambulance and fire deal with situations after they have happened where as the police try to stop situations from happening in the first place. The main roles of all of them are explained above but they are all as important as each other, along with plenty more services that play a part in the English legal system, and the English legal system wouldn't work properly if it was missing one of these services.
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