On a very similar point, the Minister just said that while chief constables have the power to issue incapacitant spray to PCSOs, no chief constable has done so to date. Why do the Government now feel it necessary to give chief constables the power to give incapacitant spray to volunteer community support officers?
Policing and Crime Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Paddick
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 26 October 2016.
It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL)
and
Debate on bills on Policing and Crime Bill.
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