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Tom Whitehead
\nLondon Telegraph<\/a><\/a>
\nMarch 8, 2010<\/p>\n

Hundreds more town hall staff and private security guards are to be handed police-style powers in a fresh Home Office drive to create an army of civilian \u201cspies\u201d.<\/p>\n

Almost 1,700 people, also including car park attendants and dog wardens, already have powers to hand out a string of fines and even take photographs of low level offenders under the Community Safety Accreditation Scheme.<\/p>\n

But the Government<\/a> has quietly announced it plans to review the scheme with chief police officers to see how it can be expanded further.<\/p>\n

Rank and file officers warned the move is \u201cblurring the lines\u201d of legitimate law enforcement and is creating a \u201cthird tier\u201d of policing.<\/p>\n

Even chief constables are now cautious over the scheme following it\u2019s rapid growth, which has seen numbers increase by a fifth in just 12 months.<\/p>\n

Full article here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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