Police Community Support Officers
Home Department
Written answers and statements, 4 November 2009
Derek Twigg (Halton, Labour)
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what powers police community support officers have in relation to the use of speed detection devices.
David Hanson (Minister of State (Crime and Policing), Home Office; Delyn, Labour)
holding answer
No legal powers are required in order to operate a speed detection device. Police community support officers (PCSO) may use them. However, police community support officers have no power to issue a fixed penalty notice for a speeding offence. A police officer may issue a fixed penalty notice for speeding on the basis of evidence obtained by a PCSO.