Clause 35 - Police powers for police authority employees
Police Reform Bill [Lords]
11:00 am
Mr Norman Baker (Lewes, Liberal Democrat)
No, I do not accept that. I accept that they would limit the CSOs' powers, and by that strengthen CSOs by making them more acceptable to the community and therefore more effective. The implicit consequence of what the hon. and learned Lady says is that there should be no ceiling to the powers given to CSOs. She must accept that a line must be drawn between the powers exercised by police officers and those exercised by people who are not police officers. The argument today is about where that line is drawn.