> ...judged summarily by police... Wikipedia claims [1] that the offender can't be summarily judged by the police because they must agree to be cautioned: >

> ...judged summarily by police... Wikipedia claims [1] that the offender can't be summarily judged by the police because they must agree to be cautioned: > In order to safeguard the offender's interests, the > following conditions must be met before a caution can be > administered: > * there must be evidence of guilt sufficient to give > a realistic prospect of conviction; > * the offender must admit the offence; > * the offender must understand the significance of a > caution and give informed consent to being > cautioned. Did you mean something else when you wrote "summarily judged?" Or does Wikipedia have this wrong? [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_caution#Circumstances_for_use http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_caution#Circumstances_fo...