Clause 35 - Police Powers for Police Authority Employees
Police Reform Bill [Lords]
3:15 pm
Ms Bridget Prentice (Lewisham East, Labour)
I do not see that there is necessarily any confusion at all, and why both roles cannot be used. In Westminster, in the centre of London, CSOs may well be used for that security role. In Lewisham, on the Downham estate in my constituency, they will be dealing with the young tearaways, as I think they were described last week—toe-rags is another favourite description—who should not be out and about in the middle of the day but behind a desk in a classroom. It is perfectly possible for CSOs to fill both those roles.