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2023-10-20 00:34:09 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 28C1EB20A0A5F2FE49A5777748A2BE585A4B9128B7E5EBDA8D525D4956C2BFE7
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Police can only arrest if the necessity - as defined by the Police and Criminal Evidence Act - for arrest exists. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pace-code-g-2012 Police forces in the UK have be subject to significant cuts to funding, and have the 5th lowest number of police officers v population in Europe. https://www.politics.co.uk/reference/police-numbers-and-recruitment/#:~:text=Per%20100%2C000%20of%20the%20population,Denmark%2C%20Iceland%2C%20and%20Finland.
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