Community Protection Officer Powers

Simon Hoyle made this Freedom of Information request to Nottingham City Council This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.

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Dear Nottingham City Council,

Please provide the following information regarding your Community Protection Officers.

1) Do they have the power to stop and search
2) Do they have the power to demand name and address - if so under what law(s)
3) Do they have the power to detain
4) Do they have the power of arrest, or under instruction to use citizen's arrest whilst on duty
5) Are they authorised to conduct a pursuit on foot
6) Are they authorised to conduct a pursuit in a vehicle
7) What level of DBS Checks do they have
8 Have any been convicted of a criminal offence, if so, what offence and what sentence
9) Are they subjected to extended vetting beyond a DBS check

Yours faithfully,

Simon Hoyle

Nottingham City Council

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Dear Mr Hoyle,

 

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Nottingham City Council | Loxley House | Station Street | Nottingham | NG2
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Dear Nottingham City Council,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Nottingham City Council's handling of my FOI request 'Community Protection Officer Powers'.

I am dissatisfied with the response to my question as to whether Community Protection Officers have the power to demand name and address.

Your response was "If someone is committing Anti-Social behaviour then CPO’s have the power to ask for
the offenders details under The Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014"

I have considered Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 and I do not see how you can claim that Community Protection Officers or others employed by a council can claim a "power" to demand name and address and the Act does not state a penalty for refusing to give those details.

Please clarify if there is a power to demand name and address, where that power is derived from and the penalty for non compliance. It seems to me that in order to issue a notice, a Community Protection Officer may only request details and has no power to enforce it.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/c...

Yours faithfully,

Simon Hoyle

Nottingham City Council

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request and you will receive a response in due course.

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Freedom of Information Act 2000 or the Environmental Information
Regulations 2004 within 20 working days of receipt of your enquiry. You
should expect a response to a request that falls under the Data Protection
Act 1998 (requests for personal information) within 40 calendar days of
receipt of your enquiry.

Regards,

Information Management Services

FOI and EIR Requests:
Email: [Nottingham City Council request email]
Tel: 0115 8764376

Data Protection Subject Access Requests:
Email: [email address]
Tel: 0115 8763855

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Dear Requester

 

Please find attached the response to your request for an Internal Review
of case IG-9393, submitted to Nottingham City Council.

 

Regards

 

Information Rights & Insight Team | Information Management Services

Nottingham City Council | Loxley House | Station Street | Nottingham | NG2
3NG

Direct Line:  0115 876 4376

 

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