An I the only one who had to read the article to make sense of that headline?
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>Mr Sunderland, the Conservative MP for Bracknell, said police needed stronger powers to deal with anti-social behaviour.
No Mr Sunderland, what the Police need is the manpower – the manpower your party has done its best to get rid of by underfunding public services.
s59 exists the police should use it.
>Section 59 (1) of the Police Reform Act 2002 establishes that where apolice constable in uniform has reasonable grounds for believing that amotor vehicle is being used on any occasion in a manner whichcontravenes section 3 or section 34 of the Road Traffic Act 1988(careless and inconsiderate driving and prohibition of off-road driving)and is causing, or is **likely to cause alarm, distress or annoyance tomembers of the public**, a constable in uniform has the power to order theperson driving to stop the vehicle, to seize and remove the vehicle, toenter any premises (other than a dwelling) on/in which the officer hasreasonable grounds for believing the motor vehicle to be and to usereasonable force where necessary, in order to do so. A Police CommunitySupport Officer has the same powers as a constable, EXCEPT that they canonly enter premises when in the company, and under the supervision of, aconstable.
Chavved-up cars certainly annoy me and many other members of the public so flipping well use the powers! Yes I do know the police have to provide a warning but if they’re caught again then the car can be seized.
I sometimes see some kind of car meetup in our supermarket car park, but they never cause any problems. It just looks like a dozen or so people parked in the most distant corner of the car park, admiring each other’s cars. No trouble to anyone.
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An I the only one who had to read the article to make sense of that headline?
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>Mr Sunderland, the Conservative MP for Bracknell, said police needed stronger powers to deal with anti-social behaviour.
No Mr Sunderland, what the Police need is the manpower – the manpower your party has done its best to get rid of by underfunding public services.
s59 exists the police should use it.
>Section 59 (1) of the Police Reform Act 2002 establishes that where apolice constable in uniform has reasonable grounds for believing that amotor vehicle is being used on any occasion in a manner whichcontravenes section 3 or section 34 of the Road Traffic Act 1988(careless and inconsiderate driving and prohibition of off-road driving)and is causing, or is **likely to cause alarm, distress or annoyance tomembers of the public**, a constable in uniform has the power to order theperson driving to stop the vehicle, to seize and remove the vehicle, toenter any premises (other than a dwelling) on/in which the officer hasreasonable grounds for believing the motor vehicle to be and to usereasonable force where necessary, in order to do so. A Police CommunitySupport Officer has the same powers as a constable, EXCEPT that they canonly enter premises when in the company, and under the supervision of, aconstable.
Chavved-up cars certainly annoy me and many other members of the public so flipping well use the powers! Yes I do know the police have to provide a warning but if they’re caught again then the car can be seized.
I sometimes see some kind of car meetup in our supermarket car park, but they never cause any problems. It just looks like a dozen or so people parked in the most distant corner of the car park, admiring each other’s cars. No trouble to anyone.
The cars don’t even look like anything special.