Police Reform Act 2002

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The Police Reform Act 2002
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title:	An Act to make new provision about the supervision, administration, functions and conduct of police forces, police officers and other persons serving with, or carrying out functions in relation to, the police; to amend police powers and to provide for the exercise of police powers by persons who are not police officers; to amend the law relating to anti-social behaviour orders; to amend the law relating to sex offender orders; and for connected purposes.
Statute book chapter:	2002 c.30
Territorial extent:	United Kingdom, but most of the Act only extends to England and Wales
Dates
Date of Royal Assent:	24 July 2002
Status: Current legislation
Text of statute as originally enacted
Official text of the statute as amended and in force today within the United Kingdom, from the UK Statute Law Database
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The Police Reform Act 2002 (c.30) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Amongst the provisions of the Act are the creation of the role of Police Community Support Officer, who have some police powers whilst not being 'sworn in' constables, and the ability for Chief Constables to confer a more limited range of police powers on other (non-sworn in) individuals as part of Community Safety Accreditation Schemes.

The 2002 Act has been criticised as advancing ‘efficiency, promoting public confidence in the system, and clamping down on anti-social conduct in pursuit of a populist agenda.’^[1]

Contents 1 Section 59 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Section 59

Section 59 of the Police Reform Act 2002 is a common tool now used by Police Constables & Police Community Support Officers to seize 'vehicles used in manner causing alarm, distress or annoyance'.

The legislation states 'Where a constable in uniform has reasonable grounds for believing that a motor vehicle is being used on any occasion in a manner of
careless/inconsiderate driving or prohibition of off-road driving
and
is causing, or is likely to cause, alarm, distress or annoyance to members of the public the vehicle AND driver/rider can be issued an official warning or seized if this is impractical.

An example of being impractical would be the offenders leaving the vehicle/making off, or the vehicle being unregistered/uninsured and therefore a warning unable to be placed.

[edit] See also

• Police
• Police Community Support Officer

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official text of Police Reform Act 2002 as amended and in force today within the United Kingdom, from the UK Statute Law Database
• Explanatory note to the Act from the Office of Public Sector Information.

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