Sentences with phrase «police wider powers»

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An inquiry into what had happened at Bradford and Heysel — as well as a riot at Birmingham City's St Andrews stadium in which a 15 - year - old boy died — led by leading judge Oliver Popplewell resulted in new, wide - ranging public order powers for police.

He also routinely vetoes legislation to let various groups of local security guards such as employees of Port Chester's village court and the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center be considered «peace officers» and have some powers akin to police officers; he's argued this status should not be granted piecemeal, but as part of a «comprehensive, State - wide, process.»

These are perhaps the most wide - ranging and intrusive information gathering powers available to any democracy and indeed go far beyond what most police states can do.

The latest version of the Investigatory Powers Bill has failed to clarify tricky issues like encryption and gives police and security services wide - ranging powers

Police officers have much wider powers of detention, arrest, and search and seizure compared with other areas of the law.

Its various provisions include the new civil sanction of Unexplained Wealth Orders, wider powers for the police to seize cash and other property alleged to be the proceeds of crime, and the broadening of the UK's anti-money laundering regime.

Under the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (SOCPA 2005), s 60, HMRC now also has wider powers to conduct its own investigations into tax - related crimes, such as tax fraud.