Bust Card

Bust Card

What is a bust card?

Bust cards are often used to contain basic advice on what to do if arrested.

They can also be useful  to get other key messages across – such as what to do if you are stopped and searched, or your rights in relation to police photography.

It is up to you how you want to use your bust card, and what information you want to put on it. The general rule is the simpler the better but keep in mind who it is you are trying to reach.

Bust Card & Your Basic Rights

A bust card provides people who have been arrested with
• useful telephone numbers
• a list of basic detention rights

Below are two different Bustcards in Pdf which are ready to print and use at AWE Burghfield during June 2016. One is for the TP actions from 4th – 10th June. The other is for use on other dates in June 2016 and is for people who want to fill a Bustcard in with their own details.

One A4 sheet of paper will produce 4 bust cards. Print one side (one of the Pdf’s below), turn paper over and print the other Pdf on the back of the first. Cut into 4 and book fold each one. Click the images to open full size Pdf’s for printing.


Bustcard for 4th – 10th June TP actions at AWE Burghfield – already completed with relevant phone numbers!

Bustcard for actions at AWE Burghfield on other dates in June 2016 – requiring users to complete with own details


You can find some other examples of Bustcards at
• http://netpol.org/resources/bust-cards/example-bust-cards/
• http://greenandblackcross.org/sites/default/files/GBCbustcard.pdf