If the Home Secretary is going to stop short of giving the power of arrest to PCSOs, will he consider giving them the power to disperse? As the law stands, unless a specific area is designated as a dispersal zone, PCSOs have a great deal of difficulty supporting full-time police officers in dispersing a large crowd of unruly youths.
Police and Justice Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Philip Hollobone
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 6 March 2006.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Police and Justice Bill.
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