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The police can search premises with the consent of the occupier, a warrant can be obtained from magistrates by the police to search premises for evidence of certain crimes.The police can enter premises WITHOUT a search warrant in many situations for example, following an arrest, the police are allowed to search premises the detained person occupies or has control over, to capture an escaped prisoner, to arrest someone for an arrestable offence or certain public order offences, to protect life or to stop serious damage to property etc. However other laws give police specific powers to enter premises. Always remember that You are entitled to see a copy of any search warrant.Police can use reasonable force to gain entry, police should give you information about their powers to search premises, a record of the search must be kept by the police, you or a friend should be allowed to be present during the search but this right can be refused if it is thought it might hinder investigations and when police seize items from you or your house be sure to insist on a written list of all seized items then and there.

When you get arrested the police shoud say "You do not have to say anything. But it may harm your defence if you do not mention when questioned something which you later rely on in court. Anything you do say may be given in evidence." The you should  reply:"I have been advised that I should answer no questions. It is not right that I should have to give a complete case for my self until charges have been made and properly explained and until there are other people around to check that questions put to me are fair and legal. I will say nothing until I am advised to do so by a fully qualified legal advisor". There is some information which a policeman forwarded it was:"In reality, any response made following arrest or charge is worth very little PROVIDED IT IS NOT SIGNED BY THE PERSON MAKING IT. The CPS do not make any sort of a deal about responses unless they are on tape. I would simply advise people to make no reply to any caution until it is in the interview room with a lawyer present. This would apply doubly is special warnings are used in interview.
People are very frightened to ask for the tape to be stopped before consulting the lawyer. At the end of the day, he is your only friend in the station, so use him to the full, and tell him everything. If he is any good, he will advise you when to co-operate and when to be quite. I find a good response is then "On the advice of my lawyer I have no comment to make at this time."
If this is then questioned in court, the lawyer can take the blame for offering dodgy advice, and no adverse views will be drawn from the no comment response. I don't know about other forces, but in mine we keep the tape running throughout the completion of antecedents and signing of forms to protect officers against allegations. It tends to negate a whole lot of trouble. When a person is arrested for drink driving, even though they are still entitled to a lawyer, the breath test procedure cannot be delayed while this is being done. A person who refuses to co-operate until he sees a lawyer will find himself charged with failing to provide a specimen of breath."

If you want to challenge anything the police have done then get the names and addresses of any witnesses, make a written record as soon as possible after the event. It should be witnessed, dated and signed. If you are injured, or property is damaged, then take photographs or video recordings as soon as possible and have physical injuries medically examined.

Finally you have a right to be treated fairly and with respect so if you have been treated unfairly then complain to a civil liberties group or contact a lawyer about possible legal action. This is the same when you are at any age. However if you are 10 years old or younger then you can NOT got arrested but any age after that all of these rules aply and this leaflet (if you read it properly) will become very handy if you do get arrested.