Significant Silence, Significant Statements, Section 36 &37

These are what Mr Bill was learning about today. They are all things to do with interviewing suspects; significant statements and significant silences and are types of responses made by the suspect when under caution.
To try and counteract those tricky solicitors telling their clients not to say anything, the Police now have Section 36 and 37 of Criminal Justice & Public Order Act to counter them - this means that the accused cannot suddenly come up with some evidence and spring it on to the prosecution during the trial.

Mr Bill is rather swamped with the paperwork at present - it seems they are trying to accustom him to full-time policing. He has to practise filling in all the forms he will use in his work but in addition he has to keep a learning diary, answer slightly daft questions in inane questionnaires, and also keep track of whether he can tick any more boxes in his I-Spy Policing book.