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The Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 does make all offences arrestable offences but certain criteria must be met. In effect setions 24 and 25 of PACE 1984 been condenced into section 110 of the SOCPA 2005 with the added test of e) to allow the prompt and effective investigation of the offence or of the conduct of the person in question; otherwise there is not much change in the powers of the police to arrest. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... The Chicago Police Department arrests a man An arrest is the action of police or other authority, or even in some circumstances a private civilian, to apprehend and take under guard a person who is suspected of committing a crime. ...
The change was designed to enable police forces to concentrate resources on other (more serious) offences, including those involving "harder drugs".
When the change was introduced there were several attempts to establish Dutch-style cannabis cafes.
The Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005, which was enacted on 1 January 2006, abolished the concept of an 'ArrestableOffence' by making all offencesarrestable.
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