An Act to make new provision about the supervision, administration, functions and conduct of police forces, police officers and other persons serving with, or carrying out functions in relation to, the police; to amend police powers and to provide for the exercise of police powers by persons who are not police officers; to amend the law relating to anti-social behaviour orders; to amend the law relating to sex offender orders; and for connected purposes.
Citation
2002 c. 30
Territorial extent
United Kingdom, but most of the Act only extends to England and Wales
Dates
Royal assent
24 July 2002
Status: Current legislation
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended
The Police Reform Act 2002 (c. 30) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Amongst the provisions of the Act are the creation of the role of Police Community Support Officers,[1][2][3] who have some police powers whilst not being 'sworn' constables, and the ability for chief constables to confer a more limited range of police powers on other (non-sworn) individuals as part of Community Safety Accreditation Schemes. The Act also replaced the Police Complaints Authority with the Independent Police Complaints Commission[4] (later replaced by the Independent Office for Police Conduct).
^"A-Z of legislation: Police Reform Act 2002". The Guardian. 19 January 2009. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
^"The role of police community support officers". BBC News. 13 April 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
^Rogers, Colin; Lewis, Rhobert; John, Tim; Read, Tim (23 May 2011). Police Work: Principles and Practice. Routledge. p. 61. ISBN 978-1-136-72381-0.
^Sharp, Douglas (17 June 2013). "Police Reform Act 2002". In Tim Newburn; Peter Neyroud (eds.). Dictionary of Policing. Routledge. p. 214. ISBN 978-1-134-01155-1.
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