Oh whatever next!!!!
Home Office consultation paper on: “Moderning police powers to meet community needs”.
Includes:
* Dropping restriction on arrest to “serious offences”,
* Extending use of search warrants,
* Allowing fingerprinting outside of police stations to establish “identity” (no requirement of an offence being suspected),
* Covert DNA and fingerprints,
* No Protests outside homes
* Powers to impose conditions on demonstrations “in the vicinity of Parliament Square” (ie: including Whitehall and No 10)
For more details, see:
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2004/aug/police-powers-consult.pdf
