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  2. Coercive control to be treated like other domestic abuse offences

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    The charity's chief executive Farah Nazeer said coercive control was a "key tool used by perpetrators of domestic abuse, as it isolates survivors and makes them dependent on an abuser".

  3. Law enforcement in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    [nb 1] Most law enforcement duties are carried out by police constables of a territorial police force. As of 2021, there were 39 territorial police forces in England, 4 in Wales, one in Scotland, and one in Northern Ireland. [1] Each is responsible for most law enforcement and crime reduction in its police area.

  4. Rule of law in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Law and order requires the prevention of crime as well as the contribution of authorities. As such, it does not matter by what means these are achieved, or what the characteristics of the law are. This concept of the rule of the law can, therefore, be upheld by even the most tyrannical dictatorship.

  5. Metropolitan Police Act 1829 - Wikipedia

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    The Metropolitan Police Act 1829 (10 Geo. 4.c. 44) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, introduced by Sir Robert Peel, which established the Metropolitan Police.

  6. Police misconduct - Wikipedia

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    Police misconduct is inappropriate conduct and illegal actions taken by police officers in connection with their official duties. Types of misconduct include among others: sexual offences, coerced false confession, intimidation, false arrest, false imprisonment, falsification of evidence, spoliation of evidence, police perjury, witness tampering, police brutality, police corruption, racial ...

  7. Lawmakers behind new state law against coercive control ...

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    Coercive control is the very definition of domestic violence,” said Tara Huard, director of domestic violence services at the YWCA of Central Massachusetts, who described the escalation process.

  8. List of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom, Crown ...

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    National law enforcement bodies, including the National Crime Agency and national police forces that have a specific, non-regional jurisdiction, such as the British Transport Police. The Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 refers to these as 'special police forces', not including the NCA which is not a police force. In addition, there ...

  9. Powers of the police in England and Wales - Wikipedia

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    meaning of "prohibited" given by subsection (5) of that section section 27 (2) of the Aviation Security Act 1982: any cargo area of an aerodrome which is a designated airport: any vehicle or aircraft and any goods carried by people (but does not include people) general power of inspection: no need for suspicion