Statutory and non-statutory Protective Services

What is a statutory Protective service?

• A service that clearly states what it does so that everyone can understand it's purpose

• A service that is required to be in place by law and it is government funded

• A service that consists of volunteers

• A service that can only have staff who are full time and paid wages

What is a non - statutory protective service?

• The opposite of a statutory one!!

• A service that does not have to explain what it does to anyone because they are not statutory

• Not required by law to be in place, some receive government funding but many are charities or self funded

• Is required by law and funded by the government

Uniformed statutory protective public services have to be in place in order to:

• Maintain law and order

• Provide people with jobs

• Provide emergency assistance

• Defend the country and countries dependent on the UK

Choose the services that are statutory

• Local Council

• Army

• NHS

• Mountain and cave rescue

The main consideration of any country is to :

• Ensure that they remain friendly with neighbouring countries

• Ensure that people pay their taxes

• Ensure that business is good for the economy

• Ensure the safety of its citizens

Which of the following are uniformed STATUTORY protective services?

• Royal Marines

• Special Constabulary

• Fire and Rescue Service

• Army Reserves

Are schools and education, town councils, county councils and legal aid all statutory services?

• No, because they do not wear a uniform.

• Yes - they are required by law to provide essential services to the public for the good of our community locally and nationally

• No, they are not required by any laws to be in place

• Yes. These fall into the category of being a non-uniformed statutory service. Not all statutory services are uniformed.

Select which you think are real purposes of emergency services?

• Respond quickly and safely to accidents or emergencies

• Prevent incidents from happening in the first place

• Support international peace keeping to avoid global conflict

• Military aid to other countries