Submitted on Tuesday 5th April 2016
Rejected on Thursday 7th April 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Police must be given the Power to remove people from Land not belonging to them.
Make Travellers and others who take over Land not belonging to them a Criminal Offence with the Police Removing them as soon as reported, it is Wrong for Landowners to have to keep Paying Court costs each time, Travellers Break in in many cases cutting Chains and Lifting out Posts which Breaks Laws.
At this time Travellers are Doing as they please Causing Many Issues with Locals, Abuse, Threats, Damage and Flytipping by leaving their Mess behind, they Dump Rubbish where they like to others costs, and as they get away with any Penalty just keep doing it time and again, they Churn up children's Play Areas at cost and No Control, people have had to lock themselves into a Pub and Cancel bookings for their safety so where is the Law and Control, if it was us we would have been in Court, them No ?
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
In a response to a previous petition, the Government said:
where people are residing in vehicles (including caravans) on land, section 77 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 gives local authorities in England and Wales power to give a direction to leave the land. It is an offence to fail to comply with such a direction. Should trespassers refuse to adhere to a request to leave land, sections 61- 62 of Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 give the police discretionary powers to direct trespassers to leave and remove any property or vehicles they have with them. Failure to comply with the direction by leaving the land as soon as reasonably practicable is an offence.
You can read the full response to the petition here:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/105642
It's therefore not clear what extra powers you think the police need.
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