“cordon” refers to the tactical sealing or containment of a geographic area by police, paramilitary or armed forces to restrict movement into and out of that area. • enforce cordon areas under section 36 of the terrorism act 2000 • stop and search of vehicles and items carried by persons in authorization areas in the company of a constable (sections 44. Enables pcsos to be designated with the power to require the name and address of a driver or pedestrian who fails to follow the directions of a community support officer or police officer.
Pcsos have powers to stop and search and to take photographs of people under the terrorism act 2000. Any person failing to comply with the directions of a police officer deployed to enforce a cordon may be committing an offence under section 89 (2) of the police act 1996, namely resisting or. They can seize vehicles, carry out road checks and control traffic, and.
Pcsos now can be found carrying out other roles such as dealing with minor offences, crowd control, staffing police cordons and directing traffic.