support of senior officers is the highest court must make judgments about standards under 18 in custody
police chiefs support a change in the law so that 17 years are treated as juveniles in detention and their parents are informed if they are caught.
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of the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) the participation of parents in the Superior Court issues a key judgment on Thursday whether all persons under 18 years should be treated as children - in accordance with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Ann Thornber, Ed, whose son committed suicide in 2011 after being arrested by the police, will be in court to hear the judgment. He filed a petition to Downing Street calling for a change in the law - with parents Joe Lawton, who is 17 years old, committed suicide after being arrested and alcohol
Thornber, of Manchester, told the Guardian that his son was on holiday in Cornwall with friends in the summer of 2011, when he was arrested for possession of cannabis worth 50p.
"He was told he would receive a formal warning," he said. "Because we lived in Manchester, to be issued by Greater Manchester Police. Do we not say that he had been arrested.
"The September 13, 2011, was [falsely] served with a subpoena. When my husband and I arrived home from work, Ed tells us nothing.
"The next day he went to a nearby forest and hanged himself. He did not know the summons had been issued by mistake. Did not know that.
"We have seen a transcript of police questioning [Cornwall]. Ed asked if he wanted a lawyer. He did not know what it was. Bee If the law was different we would have found what had happened and was able to support it.
"But we knew nothing. Had they changed this rule, it would still be alive today."
"It seems incongruous and would support a change in legislation for Pace in line with the rest of the law and 17 years to be treated like children, while in custody .
"However, this would require a change in legislation, so it is strictly a matter of government .... We do not think it would be appropriate for the police to act deliberately in violation of the law. "
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