Hello, everyone, and welcome to today's lesson.

My name's Ms. Wyatt, and I'm so glad that you could join me here today for our lesson.

Today's lesson will look at, what is the role of the police in dealing with crime from the unit, What Is Crime? By the end of today's lesson, you will be able to identify who the police are and explain the role of the police in tackling crime.

The following key words will be present and used throughout our lesson.

These are crime, law, and police.

Crime is an illegal act that is punishable by law.

Law are rules usually made by Parliament that are used to order the way in which a society behaves, and police are a public force that help keep the community safe.

They work to prevent and investigate crimes, enforce laws, and maintain order in society.

Some of these keywords may be new to you, however, I am here to guide you.

Our lesson is broken into two parts today.

The first part of the lesson, we will be exploring who are the police.

Who are the police? The police are part of the justice system.

There are three layers to the justice system, laws, courts, and police.

These are the three layers to the justice system, and the police make one part of this.

The police enforce laws passed by Parliament and gather evidence for court trials where punishments are given to people who are found guilty.

What are the three parts of the justice system? Can you remember what we have just learned? Are they laws, courts, and barristers, laws, courts, and lawyers, or laws, courts, and police? Pause the video and think, what are the three parts of the justice system? Hopefully everyone remembered that, C, laws, courts, and police are the three parts of our justice system.

Well done if you got that correct.

There are 43 police forces in England and Wales.

Scotland and Northern Ireland have their own police service.

Within those forces, there are lots of different types of police.

It's important to note that the police don't just make up one thing.

There are police officers.

So they are uniformed officers who make most of the police force, and most people that belong to the police force are police officers.

Police community support officers.

These are uniformed staff who support the work of the police officers within the community.

And special constables.

These are volunteer officers who work in the same way police officers do, but volunteering.

How many police forces are there in England and Wales? Is it 41, 42, or 43? Can you remember how many there were? Hopefully you remembered that there are 43 police forces within England and Wales.

Jacob says, "Scotland and Northern Ireland "have their own police service." The police are one part of the justice system.

According to the College of Policing, they have four main roles, protecting life and property, preserving order, preventing the commission of offences, and bringing offenders to justice.

Police don't make the laws and decide if the accused are guilty.

That is a whole load of other roles and other people that are in charge of laws and decide if the accused are actually guilty.

But what they do do are four main roles.

So protecting life and property, preserve order within the community and society, prevent the commission of offences, and try and bring offenders to justice to make it fair.

It's important to note that the College of Policing, 2020, outlined four key roles.

However, that doesn't mean that the police are just restricted to just four roles in their job.

You may know of some police officers.

You might have some within your family, you might have met one before, and therefore you might know that they don't just do four simple roles.

They do a lot of different things.

They come under different roles.

So under these four key roles, the police will ensure that they deter people from committing crime, deal with emergencies, investigate incidents, and keep the public safe.

In order to become a police officer, you have to meet certain national eligibility standards.

For example, you need to be 17 or over to apply, although you won't be appointed until you are 18 years old.

You must be a British citizen, EU/EEA national.

You should not have a criminal record.

However, there are some minor offences that may not automatically exclude you from joining.

True or false? To become a police officer, you must be at least 18 years old, a British citizen or EU or EEA national, and have no criminal record.

Is that true or is it false? Hopefully you remembered that this is false.

It's false because you need to be at least 17 to apply, not 18, but you won't be appointed until you are 18.

Additionally, having a criminal record may not automatically exclude you if it involves minor offences.

The next task I would like us to do is to write a paragraph to someone younger than us that explains who the police are.

I would like us to try and include the part they play in the justice system, how many police forces there are in England and Wales, can you remember how many there was? And the eligibility criteria to become a police officer.

So first thing you're gonna do is write a paragraph to someone younger to explain who the police are.

The second thing you are going to do is create a mind map that outlines the different roles of the police.

So paragraph and mind map are our tasks, okay? So pause the video and have a go at these two tasks.

And try and enjoy.

Well done, everyone, great efforts.

So our first task was to write a paragraph to someone younger than us that explains who the police are.

Now, you may have included some of Alex's ideas.

Alex said, "The police are one part of the justice system.

"The police enforce the laws "which are written and passed by Parliament.

"They gather the evidence "which is used against suspects in the courts, where, "if the person is found guilty, "punishments are given to them.

"There are 43 police forces in England and Wales.

"In order to become a police officer, "you need to be 17 or over, "and you should not have a criminal record." You may have added in about the criminal record, it may be excused if there are some minor offences in there.

You might have remembered that there are 43 police forces within England and Wales.

And you may have put in about the part that they are one part of the justice system and the different other parts.

Well done if you did.

Our second task was to create a mind map that outlines the different roles of the police.

Now, some of your answers might have included the following.

They protect the public, they deal with emergencies, they investigate incidents and gather evidence.

They deter people from committing crime, they prevent crime, they arrest criminals, and they keep public order and safety.

I wonder how many you managed to get the same as me.

We have now explored the question of who are the police.

Last part of the lesson, we are going to look at how do the police tackle crime.

A crime is an illegal act that is punishable by law.

There are examples of crimes like littering, theft, vandalism, speeding, trespassing.

There are lots of different crime.

The police aim to prevent and tackle crime through a number of different methods.

Because, remember, they're there to prevent, and if crime does happen, they need to tackle and deal with it.

So the Police CPI is the UK's police crime prevention initiative.

They run initiatives such as Secured by Design.

This improves security of buildings and their surroundings.

So securing buildings and the surroundings of it means that it's ensuring public safety.

It's less likely of damage and less likely to be broken into.

They also do Crime Prevention Academy.

So this provides qualifications and courses for the public.

Community Safety Scheme provides additional uniform presence in communities, allowing non-police staff and organisations to tackle littering, graffiti, and antisocial behaviour.

The police also regularly run media campaigns to raise awareness, such as the look-up, look-out campaign, which reminds the public how they can help make themselves less vulnerable to street robbery.

So running media campaigns means that it can spread really, really quickly and easily and become quite accessible to most of the public.

When crimes are committed, the police detect and then investigate a crime.

The evidence they gather is used by the courts.

There are three main powers the police use to tackle crime.

They use entry, search and seizure, stop and search, and power to arrest.

Now, I wonder if any of you have ever heard about the three main powers that police use.

Maybe you've heard that they do have the power to arrest and caution people.

Maybe you do know that they have the power to stop and to search people.

The three main powers the police have to tackle crime are, a court order, called a warrant, has to be gained and then police can enter and search property.

They must have reasonable grounds to suspect there is something relevant to a criminal investigation.

And this is known as the entry, search and seizure.

So before police can enter and search a property, a home, a business, whatever, they have to be able to show that they have a warrant.

Jacob says, "Stop and search is used "if a police officer has reasonable grounds "for suspecting you are carrying illegal drugs, "a weapon, stolen property, "or something to commit a crime with." And the police also have the power to arrest.

If a person is involved in committing a crime or attempting to break the law, they can be arrested.

The police must tell you why you've been arrested, what crime they think you've committed, why it's necessary to arrest you, and explain why you cannot leave.

How many powers do the police have to tackle crime? Can you remember if it was two, three, or four? Pause the video and think back to how many powers they had.

Hopefully you remembered that there are three main powers.

Aisha says, "There are three main powers police hold "in order to tackle crime.

"They are stop and search, power to arrest, "and entry, search and seizure." I wonder if you remembered what they are known as.

Well done if you did.

Let's check our understanding of this question.

The police have the power to stop and search.

When would this power be used? So, A, if a police officer has unreasonable grounds for suspecting you are carrying something illegal.

B, if a police officer has reasonable grounds for suspecting you are carrying something illegal.

Or, C, if a police officer has reasonable grounds for suspecting you are carrying something legal.

Pause the video and think.

When will this power be used? Okay, so.

B, if a police officer has reasonable grounds for suspecting you are carrying something illegal, they can stop and search you.

How are young people dealt with by the police? So in England the age of criminal responsibility is 10.

So children under 10 cannot be arrested or charged with a crime.

So if the police arrest someone under 18, they must tell a parent or guardian or carer as soon as possible, not interview the person they have arrested without a parent or guardian present unless delaying could cause immediate harm or significant property damage.

In such cases, they have to ensure an independent adult is present.

So we know that the age of criminal responsibility is 10, but if people are arrested under the age of 18, they've got to follow certain grounds.

So which of the following statements about the police is true? Is it A, a person must be cautioned by the police before they can be arrested? B, the police can detain a person in custody for up to six days without bringing that person to court? So, custody, just in case you don't know, means in prison, especially while waiting to go to court for a trial so you can be detained, so kept in custody.

And then, C, the police can't arrest anyone who isn't an adult under the age of 18? Which of the following are true? Pause the video and have a bit of think about this question.

So A is the statement which is true.

So a person must be cautioned by the police before they can be arrested.

The rest aren't necessarily true.

This task, I would like us to look at the three police powers which they use to tackle crime.

So entry, search and seizure, stop and search, and power to arrest.

But the statements aren't fully correct, and therefore we need to correct any mistakes.

So entry, search and seizure says the police can search anyone's home whenever they feel like it.

Stop and search says the police officer can stop and search you for no reason at all.

And power to arrest says the police can arrest anyone without explaining why.

These aren't fully correct.

So we need to read the statements and then try and correct any mistakes.

You might do this by talking to someone about where the mistakes and correcting them, or you might choose to rewrite them.

Secondly, the police arrest someone under 18.

What are two things they must do when this happens? Can you remember? So I would like us to pause the video and have a good go at these two tasks.

Well done, everyone.

So our first task was to read the statements carefully and correct any mistakes.

So we know that the police have the power of entry, search and seizure.

So it said the police can search anyone's home whenever they feel like it.

But that's not correct.

So we should have recognised that actually the police can only search a home if they have a court warrant and reasonable grounds to suspect that something related to a criminal investigation is present.

So they can't actually search anyone's home whenever they just feel like it.

Stop and search.

A police officer can stop and search you for no reason at all.

Actually, a police officer can only stop and search you if they have reasonable grounds to suspect that you are carrying illegal drugs, a weapon, stolen property, or something used to commit a crime.

We then had power to arrest.

And incorrectly it was written, the police can arrest anyone without explaining why.

Actually, the police must explain why you are being arrested, what crime they think you've committed, why it's necessary to arrest you, and why you cannot leave.

So well done if you managed to spot the mistakes, and have a go at rewriting them to be correct.

Our second task was to look at, if someone is arrested under 18, what are the two things that police must do when it happens? So you might have said, tell a parent or guardian as soon as possible and not interview them without a parent or guardian present unless delaying could cause immediate harm or significant property damage.

And, in such cases, an independent adult must be present.

So well done if you remembered that that must happen if you are arrested under the age of 18.

To summarise today's lesson on what is the role of the police in dealing with crime, I have put a few points.

So the police are part of the justice system in the UK.

The police enforce the laws which are written and passed by Parliament.

The police have many roles.

Their four key roles are to protect life and property, to preserve order, to bring offenders to justice, and to prevent the commission of offences.

The police try to prevent crime through education and campaigns to raise awareness and reduce crime.

The three main powers police hold in order to tackle crime are stop and search, power to arrest and entry, and search and seizure.

I have enjoyed today's lesson.

I hope you have enjoyed it as much as I have.

Well done on all of your efforts, and I will see you in the next lesson.

Bye-bye.