‘Snoopers creep’, it seems that law and order is not confined to the Police any more, it seems that under this so called labour ‘Government’ there is a small army of town hall spies and civilian snoopers who have the power to hand out fines and demand names and address has been built up.
Under the Community Safety Accreditation Scheme a chief constable can hand employees of local authorities or private companies limited powers such as handing out on-the-spot fines for offences such as disorder, truancy and littering, stopping vehicles for roadside tests and confiscating alcohol.
They have their own uniform and badge and can demand your name and address as well as take a photograph of you if you are being given a fine.
There are now 1,667 so-called "accredited persons" in England and Wales after an increased of a fifth in just a year – the equivalent of a small police force. There were just 945 in 2006.
A further 478 civilians have also been accredited under the scheme just to deal with specific motoring offences including no tax and roadworthy tests.
It means more than 2,000 individuals have police-style powers but are not directly accountable to a chief constable or the public.
Simon Reed, vice chairman of the Police Federation, said: "It seems like we are starting to get almost a third tier of policing. It is not quite a private police force but it is another tier and what control do we have over these people?
"They have got these powers and who are they accountable to? That is our concern and, quite rightly, the public should be concerned about that as well."
Chief constables were given the right to hand limited police powers to civilians under the scheme in the 2002 Police Reform Act. The aim was to give civilians working in the community safety to have more powers to deal with the public.
So far, 109 organisations are involved, including 31 private companies, as well as local authorities, housing associations, NHS trusts and the fire service.
Last year companies were urged to sign up to the scheme and even encouraged to use their involvement as a way of promoting themselves for "market advantage". A Home Office good practice guide at the time even admitted they are doing the jobs the police do not want to do.
It seems that we are living in a country that is becoming worse than a Police state, it is becoming a snoopers state, filled with ‘accredited persons’ accountable to no one and able to fine, photograph and add us to the growing databases of the “security services”.
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Under the Community Safety Accreditation Scheme a chief constable can hand employees of local authorities or private companies limited powers such as handing out on-the-spot fines for offences such as disorder, truancy and littering, stopping vehicles for roadside tests and confiscating alcohol.
They have their own uniform and badge and can demand your name and address as well as take a photograph of you if you are being given a fine.
There are now 1,667 so-called "accredited persons" in England and Wales after an increased of a fifth in just a year – the equivalent of a small police force. There were just 945 in 2006.
A further 478 civilians have also been accredited under the scheme just to deal with specific motoring offences including no tax and roadworthy tests.
It means more than 2,000 individuals have police-style powers but are not directly accountable to a chief constable or the public.
Simon Reed, vice chairman of the Police Federation, said: "It seems like we are starting to get almost a third tier of policing. It is not quite a private police force but it is another tier and what control do we have over these people?
"They have got these powers and who are they accountable to? That is our concern and, quite rightly, the public should be concerned about that as well."
Chief constables were given the right to hand limited police powers to civilians under the scheme in the 2002 Police Reform Act. The aim was to give civilians working in the community safety to have more powers to deal with the public.
So far, 109 organisations are involved, including 31 private companies, as well as local authorities, housing associations, NHS trusts and the fire service.
Last year companies were urged to sign up to the scheme and even encouraged to use their involvement as a way of promoting themselves for "market advantage". A Home Office good practice guide at the time even admitted they are doing the jobs the police do not want to do.
It seems that we are living in a country that is becoming worse than a Police state, it is becoming a snoopers state, filled with ‘accredited persons’ accountable to no one and able to fine, photograph and add us to the growing databases of the “security services”.
Angus
Angus Dei on all and sundry
AnglishLit
Angus Dei-NHS-THE OTHER SIDE
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