Written evidence to be reported to the House

Part of Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 6:00 pm on 16 October 2007.

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Jan Berry: I am not sure whether the examples that you have given illustrate the need for legislation in the area. I think that they are an example of the fear of how we use discretion today. I do not think that police officers feel that they have the discretion to take a certain course of action; we have become risk averse. People are scared of the consequence of not acting, so they feel that they have to be seen to do things a lot of the time.