Hooligans could face up to two years behind bars for breaching new “respect orders” introduced to “crack down on antisocial behaviour”.
The measures were first set out in Labour’s manifesto in a bid to “return law and order to our streets”.
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper will grant new powers to police, allowing them to hand out Anti-Social Behaviour Orders (ASBOs).
Additionally, Cooper will assign powers to local councils, as well as police officers, to ban persistent offenders from town centres, and drinking in public areas, including high streets and community parks.
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper will grant new powers to police today, allowing them to hand out Anti-Social Behaviour Orders (ASBOs)
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Police will also be given additional powers to seize vehicles – without prior notice – which are connected to those who exhibit anti-social behaviour.
This change would affect those who ride e-scooters dangerously along pavements, as well as off-road bikes.
Courts will be able to give out unlimited fines, as well as order offenders to carry out unpaid work or receive a curfew.
The Home Secretary has said that too much of Britain has been “plagued by anti-social behaviour”, which “chips away at communities’ sense of confidence and pride, undermines local businesses and can have a devastating impact on victims.”
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