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London: Audio report: 2500 demonstrators in Section 60 at Downing St

imcukreports | 31.10.2002 19:31

audio report 20 seconds

a crowd of 2500 people has been section 60'ed, police in riot gear and on horses

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Get your facts right...

01.11.2002 10:10

Shit how long have we gotta keep doing this before people learn: SECTION 60 IS NOT A CORDON, SECTION 60 IS A LAW RELATED TO STOP AND SEARCH POWERS. PEOPLE ARE DETAINED IN CORDONS TO PREVENT A BREACH OF THE PEACE!!!!!!

Keeping getting stuff like this wrong just makes us look like idiots.

blacknred


S60

03.11.2002 12:59

Yes we know. 'S60' is now used as a convenient catch all term for mass police cordons. As long as we all know what we're talking about , & more importantly just what legal power is being expressed, i don't see it as a particular problem.
Just as a point of clarity when the 'S60 order' was first used at N30 ALL coppers refered to it explicitly as part of the police cordon process (as well as the stop & search), including the copper in charge on the ground chief inspector hatcher. Don't be so precious. We know who we are & we know what we're doing

stickboy