Devon & Cornwall Police

Record 1

Freedom of Information Act Request No:3330/13

Please send me statistics showing:

1) The number of and names of all companies/bodies/ organisations employing staff who have become Accredited Persons as part of your police force’s Community Safety Accreditation Scheme (CSAS) to date;

2) A breakdown of individual powers granted to each Accredited Person employed at each of the above CSAS-registered organisations to date;

3) The number and names of all companies/bodies/organisations which are in the process of, or are known to be planning to become part of your police force’s CSAS, and the number of employees who will become Accredited Persons and what their individual powers will be;

4) The number of times and individuals, the reasons for and name of the employer from which the Nominated Officer has been notified of any changes or occurrences (for example, but not exclusively, disciplinary reasons) which may render an Accredited Person from your force’s CSAS unsuitable for employment and/or warrant withdrawal of the employees’ accreditation or the employers’ accreditation under the scheme

The Local Policing & Partnership Department have provided the following information:

1)The number of and names of all companies/bodies/ organisations employing staff who have become Accredited Persons as part of your police force’s Community Safety Accreditation Scheme (CSAS) to date;

6 organisations as listed below;

Teignbridge District Council

Bradsons Events Services

St Ives Town Council

BKS Security Limited

Secruity with Plymouth University

Looe Town Council

2)A breakdown of individual powers granted to each Accredited Person employed at each of the above CSAS-registered organisations to date;

Organisation / Number of APs / Powers accredited
Teignbridge District Council / 4 / Alcohol consumption in designated places
Confiscate alcohol from young persons
Confiscate cigarette and tobacco products from young persons
Stop cyclists if they are suspected of having committed the offence of riding on a footpath
Issue a Fixed Penalty Notice for cycling on a footpath
Bradsons Events Services / 15 / Require name and address of a driver or pedestrian who fails to follow appropriate directions
Stop cyclists if they are suspected of having committed the offence of riding on a footpath
To control traffic for the purposes other than escorting a load of exceptional dimensions and also for the purposes of conducting a traffic survey
St Ives Town Council / 3 / To control traffic for the purposes other than escorting a load of exceptional dimensions and also for the purposes of conducting a traffic survey
BKS Security Limited / 4 / Require name and address of a driver or pedestrian who fails to follow appropriate directions
To control traffic for the purposes other than escorting a load of exceptional dimensions and also for the purposes of conducting a traffic survey
Security with Plymouth University / 4 / Require giving name & address for an offence causing injury, alarm and distress to any other person or loss of, or damage to, any other person’s property
Require name and address for anti-social behaviour
Alcohol consumption in designated places
Stop cyclists if they are suspected of having committed the offence of riding on a footpath
Looe Town Council / 1 / To issues Fixed Penalty Notice for cycling on a footpath
Require name & address for a relevant penalty notice offence
Require name & address of an individual for anti-social behaviour
Alcohol consumption in designated places
Confiscate alcohol from young persons
Confiscate cigarettes and tobacco products from young people
To stop cyclists if they are suspected of having committed the offence of riding on a footpath

3)The number and names of all companies/bodies/organisations which are in the process of, or are known to be planning to become part of your police force’s CSAS, and the number of employees who will become Accredited Persons and what their individual powers will be;

Organisation / Number of APs / Powers accredited
Europa Support Services Ltd / 5 / Request name and address of a person acting in an anti-social manner

4)The number of times and individuals, the reasons for and name of the employer from which the Nominated Officer has been notified of any changes or occurrences (for example, but not exclusively, disciplinary reasons) which may render an Accredited Person from your force’s CSAS unsuitable for employment and/or warrant withdrawal of the employees’ accreditation or the employers’ accreditation under the scheme

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