Neighbourhood Policing: Powers
Commons · Question 1048 · Tabled 22 Jul 2024 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 30 Jul 2024
Question
Asked by Matt Vickers
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that police officers have confidence in their ability to (a) appropriately use force and (b) use other powers available to them for community policing.
Answer
Answered by Dame Diana Johnson, 30 Jul 2024
Police officers have the power to use force where it is reasonable, proportionate and necessary to do so.Oversight of police use of force is provided by His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and any death or serious injury during or following police ...