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2023-10-19 21:08:02 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: F4CE206DE2932592AF433C5788AA9DC00350B06D6CF73E2F86AFFAD6EC05C99F
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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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