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Originally Posted by tizmeinnit
so how can you detain someone without arresting them? just interested in the differences. Are the rights different? do you have to read them when you detain someone?
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Detention and arrest are two different things in Scotland. Detention is for up to six hours, and they can't fingerprint you or take a DNA swab. But it's the only way they are allowed to hold you without already being in possession of sufficient evidence to charge.