Community Accredited Persons Scheme

1. How many 'Accredited Persons' have been granted powers under the Community Safety Accreditation Scheme (CSAS) by the Chief Constable of your police force?
2. Please provide details of which powers these people have been granted.
3. Please provide details of the organisation employing any 'Accredited Persons'.
4. Please provide details of the training undergone by these persons in order to satisfy the requirements of the CSAS in line with section 40 of the Police Reform Act 2002, relative to each power granted.
5. Please provide details of how regularly these persons are checked.  I.e. training up to date and what checks are made.
6. Please proved contact details of the Officer(s)/Person(s) dealing with such CSAS in your force.
7. Please provide details of the criteria requirements for CSAS scheme in your force.

In accordance with section 1(1) (b) of the Act our response is provided below;

Question 1: 70

Question 2: VOSA

Power to stop vehicles for testing: Paragraph 8 of Schedule 5 to the Police Reform Act 2002

Cheshire East Council:

The issue of fixed penalty notices in respect of:

• Littering
• Dog fouling
• Cycling on a footpath
• The issue of penalty notices for disorder in respect of:
• Throwing fireworks
• Drinking in a designated public area
• Consumption of alcohol by a person under 18 or allowing such consumption
• Power to remove abandoned vehicles
• Power to stop cycles
• Power to control traffic for purposes other than escorting a load of exceptional dimensions
• Power to require name and address for road traffic offences
• Power to require giving of name and address
• Power to require persons drinking in designated places to surrender alcohol
• Power to require persons aged under 18 to surrender alcohol
• Power to require giving of name and address for anti-social behaviour
• Power to deal with begging
• Power to photograph persons away from a Police Station.

Cheshire West and Chester Wardens:

• Power to request name and address of a person begging
• Power to request name and address of a person believed to have been acting, or to be acting, in an anti-social manner
• Power to require name and address of a driver or pedestrian who fails to follow appropriate directions
• Power to require persons drinking in designated places to surrender alcohol
• Power to require persons aged under 18 to surrender alcohol
• Power to remove abandoned vehicles
• Power to stop cycles
• Power to control traffic for purposes other than escorting a load of exceptional dimensions

Question 3:

VOSA

Cheshire West and Chester Council

Cheshire East Council

Question 4:

VOSA - complete training in stopping vehicles from the local constabulary

Cheshire East and Cheshire West & Chester Councils - Wardens attended training courses for Community Safety Accreditation and/or received training by Cheshire Constabulary staff.

Question 5:

All applicants are fully vetted to police standards every three years including finance checks during the application and reapplication process. Copies of all certificates of training are required with the application/reapplication.

Question 6:

Andy Williams, Safer Communities Manager

Question 7:

Community Safety Accreditation Scheme

You may also find the following information useful. The ACPO guidance on CSAS and Skills for Justice training guidance:

ACPO Police Website

Skills For Security