Downing Street Says

» Thursday, February 8, 2007

NSPCC

Asked if the Prime Minister would be making an announcement on paedophiles, the PMOS replied that the Prime Minister would announce that in the coming months we would introduce a new power for police to enter and search a registered sex offender’s home for the purpose of assessing the risk they posed to the community.

For example, a police officer that saw a child’s bike outside the house of a registered sex offender might be able to go in and search for further evidence that would allow them to reassess the risk posed by that offender. Where it could be demonstrated that the offender posed a risk of serious sexual harm, the police could then apply for a preventative order, or decide whether it was necessary to alert others to the presence of the offender. Formerly police had to have a "reasonable belief" that a crime had been committed in order to apply for a warrant. This announcement was therefore a refinement of that ability. Asked to clarify that police would no longer need a warrant, the PMOS replied that that was correct.

2 Comments »

i want 2 work with young chrildren and there wellfare,i have no experience,but i do have a child of my own.i want a change of career,and i’ve always want 2 work with chrildren,but i’ve had the confidence.do u have any advice or am i go through the wrong channels.thanks 4 reading anyway.i just thought i’d ask,as i can’t afford 2 go on any coarses.bye
Comment by mark — 18 Feb 2007 on 4:41 pm | Link
i want 2 work with young chrildren and there wellfare,i have no experience,but i do have a child of my own.i want a change of career,and i’ve always want 2 work with chrildren,but i’ve had the confidence.do u have any advice or am i go through the wrong channels.thanks 4 reading anyway.i just thought i’d ask,as i can’t afford 2 go on any coarses.bye
Comment by mark — 18 Feb 2007 on 4:41 pm | Link

RSS feed for comments on this post.

Post a public comment

Name (required)
E-mail (required)
(You must give an email address, but it will not be displayed to the public.)
Website
(You may give your website, and it will be displayed to the public.)

Comments:

This is not a way of contacting the Prime Minister. If you would like to contact the Prime Minister, go to the 10 Downing Street official site.

Privacy note: Shortly after posting, your name and comment will be displayed on the site. This means that people searching for your name on the Internet will be able to find and read your comment.

Original PMOS briefings are © Crown Copyright. Crown Copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queen's Printer for Scotland. Click-use licence number C02W0004089. Material is reproduced from the original 10 Downing Street source, but may not be the most up-to-date version of the briefings, which might be revised at the original source. Users should check with the original source in case of revisions. Comments are © Copyright contributors. Everything else is © Copyright Downing Street Says.

February 2007

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

« Jan

Mar »

» Thursday, February 8, 2007

NSPCC

2 Comments »

Post a public comment

Search

Supported by

Recent Briefings

Archives

Links

Syndicate (RSS/XML)

Credits

Enquiries