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					Originally Posted by RichardCoulter  or wanted to teach them a lesson, but without taking it any further?? | 
	
 You do realise this is not what arrest and police detention is for? Stupid question, you obviously don’t.
It is not the polcie’s job to hand out eight-hour prison sentences without trial.  The power of detention has specific uses and is meant to be proportionate.