Controversy
Some commentators have criticised the Community Safety Accreditation Scheme for conferring police-like powers on non-police officers. Amongst the criticism levelled at the Scheme are that it is an "unjustified extension of surveillance powers" and "snooping on the lives of ordinary citizens".
The Police Federation, the organisation representing police officers, also opposes the Scheme, referring to it as "another way of bringing in private policing".
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