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What are the roles of the police in bringing suspects to trial?

  • and also, how do I compare and contrast the roles of the police and the Crown Prosecution Service in bringing suspects to trial?

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    I'm not sure what country you are referring to, so I'll just give a general answer. The police generally investigate crime and arrest the people that are most likely responsible. They collect evidence, investigate the totality of the alleged crime, and do the physical legwork. They then recommend what charges to bring against the arrested people. The prosecutor will look at the evidence and decide whether or not there is enough evidence to prosecute the arrested people. If the answer is no, those people are released. If yes, the prosecutor will decide which charges to file in a court, have the people arraigned (formal reading of a criminal complaint - formal notification of charges to the accused), and then try the case. So the differences between the police and prosecutors are that one investigates crimes, and the other uses the evidence gathered to put the accused through the criminal justice system (courts). Hope that helps!

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I understand you are talking about the UK, and since I live here, I have developed a hatred from the CPS. Law enforcement will arrest subject(s) and gather all the evidence needed to get a conviction from the CPS in whatever charge the subject(s) have/has been given. Once custody is handed over to the CPS and the courts the police have no say of the sentencing of the subject(s). The judges, barristers & lawyers all play their part in court and determine the sentence of the subject(s) along with the jury. Contrary to popular belief, convicted criminals being released from prison early, or not getting to serve their entire sentence is not a law enforcement matter, it is the CPS.

The police don't bring people to trial - prosecutors do that. The police merely determine if they have sufficient basis to believe that someone has committed (or is continuing) a crime, and to identify that someone. This basis is known as "Probable Cause to Arrest". Bringing someone to trial is part of establishing guilt at the higher level of "beyond any reasonable doubt".

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