Examples
Common examples of people granted powers under a Community Safety Accreditation Scheme include security guards, community, parish, park and dog wardens, beach patrols, trading standards officers, and housing association staff.
In the Avon and Somerset Constabulary area, examples of Schemes include:
- Community wardens working for Teignbridge District Council,
- Security guards employed by MacLellan International Ltd at The Mall Shopping Centre at Cribbs Causeway near Bristol.
In the Essex Police area, employees of a number of organisations have been accredited:
- Southend Hospital
- Basildon Hospital
- Braintree District Council
- Basildon District Council Anti Social Behaviour Order Wardens
- Maldon District Council
- Colchester Borough Council
- Chelmer Housing
- Royals Shopping Centre
In the Hertfordshire Police area, accredited persons include:
- security staff at the University of Hertfordshire employed by Unisecure Ltd,
- employees of Parkguard Ltd.
In the Nottinghamshire Police force area:
- Community Protection Officers employed by the Community and Neighbourhood Protection Service of Nottingham City Council work alongside police officers and police community support officers.
- Community Protection Officers employed by Ashfield District Council work alongside police officers and police community support officers, in the Ashfield district of Nottinghamshire. They also work alongside Mansfield District Council wardens.
Discussions are also underway to use the Scheme to give marshalls of on-road cycling events the power to stop and direct traffic.
The Railway Safety Accreditation Scheme Regulations 2004 give the Chief Constable of the British Transport Police the power to establish similar schemes on the railway network.
Vehicle and Operator Services Agency employees can be given the power to stop vehicles in order to check for vehicle and driver compliance (mainly goods and passenger carrying vehicles), a right which until 2003 was only held by police officers.
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