I HAVE just watched a police documentary on TV.

There was an item when police were called to travellers parked on an unauthorised site (as of course happens in Dorset a lot in the summer).

The police issued the travellers with a section 61 giving them 24 hours to leave the site, which they did.

When the problem occurs locally we hear from the police that it’s a civil matter and they don’t take action, hence the council has to get a court order to move them, which takes time and costs a fortune.

Why can some police forces use section 61 and others not?

GEOFF COOK

Westby Road, Boscombe

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