of Metropolitan Police MeNee's Criminal Procedure.
what is already happening now.
People are already held in solitary confinement for three days and more; held without access to lawyers and friends, which makes a mockery of the so-called night stopped, searched and questioned tbe streets regardless of whether the police are actually entitled to do this.
McNee justifies many formal changes in the law by the need to stamp Out "football robbers and murderers In practice his suggestions may have the biggest impact on poutical MOLIVIAL For example, instead of having to arrest and charge demonstrators, pickels, leanetters spocific offences, tbe police would be authorised to stop, search and hold them in i station Just Commissioner proposals to the Royal Commission on PAUL CRANE of Release explains that MeNee is mainly asking for approval of the worst aspects of barticular location an officer because being beleves that such search may assist in the prevention of scrious crime or danger to the - a phrase open to very clastic interpretation.
The police would also be entitled to demand anyone's and address, ask questions to find out if thereply was true, and if you refused or 'the police didn't believe you, take you away to the station All chis would be possible simply using the legal excuse SOME SACE believed you could *assist an officer in his enquiries is connection with an offence which, may have or might be committed either by you or somebody else, no matter how trivial.
MeNce proposes chat, once as a police station, any adul Capitatem is in crisis. The leaders of the Labour Parts and the trades aninn Commissioner MeNee: wants police powers estended could he legally bield on suspicion, in solitary confinement for up to three days and then taken to a magistrate to rubber scamp detention for three more days.
During all this time, the police would keep their present right to veto visits or phone calls by lawyers, friends ere.
If you managed to keep quiet (or gave evasive answers) and were later prosecuted. McNec sugeests that any court should told to assume that subsequent explanations were Lies unless you could come ap with a good excuse The Commission to whon these And many other recommendations were sent will not ceport on how to reform police powers and prosecutions until 1979 1980 Nevertheless MeNee's opinions are likely to set the terms of the debate and provide important fuel for the powerful зам ano brac aoin theeses of the millions of workers throughout the warld. Me are oppred in them and will offer fill mopport to all chow fighting for sociall demicras