Tools
The same sourcing rules apply here as everywhere else on this site: every legal claim these tools make links to the law it comes from, and anything this site cannot yet source says so plainly instead of guessing.
Which power are they using?
Say whether you are in England & Wales or Scotland, then where you are and what an officer said or did, resolved to the specific legal power in play — what it permits, what it does not, and the law behind it.
Custody clock
Enter the time detention began and see the England & Wales milestones, the Scottish limit and its extension, and the separate clock for detention under section 136 of the Mental Health Act.
Printable rights card
A compact, print-friendly card with the key messages for your jurisdiction, and space to write a solicitor’s number.
Can your fingerprints, DNA or custody image be deleted?
Pick England & Wales or Scotland, then say whether you were convicted, cautioned (in Scotland, warned or given a fiscal fine), or never charged, and see which record-deletion route — if any — applies.
Stop and search where you live
Enter a postcode to see how often your police force searches people, which powers it uses, and how often those searches end in nothing.