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WTF??? This one snuck past even my paranoidar:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/henryporter/2009/jul/27/bouncers-issue-fines
"Under Labour the lines have been blurred by officious regiment of community support officers, street wardens and accredited persons scheme, which, for example allows, the Norfolk police to give nightclub doormen the power to fine people without any kind of legal process.
Norfolk magistrates were unaware that the police had accredited bouncers in the Prince of Wales Road area of Norwich, which contains many of the city's clubs and pubs, because the police had not consulted either JPs or local judiciary. Suddenly bouncers belonging to a firm called Eventguard were handing out fines without any kind of formal procedure or transparency. "
But its not just fines, they get access to the Police National Computer as well:
"One of the significant powers given to the 1,500 accredited security guards, park wardens and bouncers is access to the Police National Computer, which must surely increase the risk of abuse of the database.
The Magistrates Association has protested to Jack Straw. "Our concern is that here we have essentially a 'third-tier' police force that is now including security guards and door supervisors,"said the deputy chairman of the Magistrates Association, John Howson."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/henryporter/2009/jul/27/bouncers-issue-fines
"Under Labour the lines have been blurred by officious regiment of community support officers, street wardens and accredited persons scheme, which, for example allows, the Norfolk police to give nightclub doormen the power to fine people without any kind of legal process.
Norfolk magistrates were unaware that the police had accredited bouncers in the Prince of Wales Road area of Norwich, which contains many of the city's clubs and pubs, because the police had not consulted either JPs or local judiciary. Suddenly bouncers belonging to a firm called Eventguard were handing out fines without any kind of formal procedure or transparency. "
But its not just fines, they get access to the Police National Computer as well:
"One of the significant powers given to the 1,500 accredited security guards, park wardens and bouncers is access to the Police National Computer, which must surely increase the risk of abuse of the database.
The Magistrates Association has protested to Jack Straw. "Our concern is that here we have essentially a 'third-tier' police force that is now including security guards and door supervisors,"said the deputy chairman of the Magistrates Association, John Howson."