r/unitedkingdom • u/RandomUsername1604 • 26d ago

Police officers say cannabis is effectively ‘decriminalised’ in the UK .

https://www.leafie.co.uk/news/police-cannabis-decriminalised-survey/
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u/ComfortableAd8326 26d ago

Guidance being the operative word here

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u/After-Anybody9576 26d ago

That guidance, alongside force policies which are based off it, are what inform tribunals in misconduct cases.

Essentially, an officer might be legally entitled to exercise certain powers in particular ways under strict reading of the law, but the police as an employer still have the right to restrict that practice further in the same way any employer can.

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u/ComfortableAd8326 26d ago

So another layer of discretion

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u/After-Anybody9576 26d ago

Well there's no discretion for the officer...