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Paper Instructions:
Answer the questions, please use the Canadian Criminal code.
1.SCENARIO #1
You are employed as a plainclothes security guard at The Bay store at Hillcrest Mall in Richmond Hill, Ontario. You observe a woman with a young female child, who appears to be about 10 years of age, removing children’s clothing from the rack and holding them up against the young child. The woman then places the items in her carrying bag.
The woman and the child then proceed to the electronics department, where the child picks up a Sony Walkman. The child shows it to the woman and then the child places the walkman in her backpack.
The woman and the child proceed up and down several more aisles in the store, before the woman and child leave The Bay store and proceed to a common area of Hillcrest Mall.
The woman and child make no attempt to stop and pay for the products, which are still in their respective carrying bags. The checkout cashiers are clearly marked, as is the edge of the store near the mall entrance.
What offence(s), if any, has/have been committed?
State the section(s) in the criminal code for the offence(s). (2 marks)
IN THE FOLLOWING QUESTION YOU DO NOT NEED TO CONSIDER EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES OR IF ANY WORDS WOULD BE HEARSAY EVIDENCE IN A COURT.
WHEN ANSWERING THE FOLLOWING QUESTION PLEASE NOTE THAT I WILL MARK YOUR ANSWER BASED ON THE SECTION NUMBER(S)/OFFENCE(S) YOU PROVIDE IN YOUR ANSWER. READ THE SECTION AND THE ANNOTATIONS BEFORE PROVIDING THE ANSWER.
IN ORDER TO GET THE FULL MARKS YOU WILL NEED TO PROVIDE WHY THE ARREST IS CORRECT AND IF THERE IS AN OFFENCE COMMITTED THAT MAKES THE ARREST LAWFUL.
(E.G: THE ARREST IS AUTHORISED UNDER SCTION 495 AND THE OFFENCE IS MURDER)
2.SCENARIO #6
You are a police officer Jean owns a house on Sisman Avenue. She is home alone at 10:30 p.m. She hears something outside and looks out her kitchen window. She sees Tom Peeper commit “trespass by night” in her backyard.
CAN JEAN ARREST TOM PEEPER?
