Police officers will have new powers in one area of the region after people started carrying weapons in the street.
Officers in Skelmersdale will now be able to stop and search anybody within a large area of Skelmersdale after a number of disturbing reports. Police have received calls and messages from a number of members of the public after it was reported people were carrying weapons in the street.
Officers have now put a dispersal zone in place in the area, which is inside Grimshaw Road, Stannanought Road, Houghtons Road and Glenburn Road.
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The police force posted on Facebook to warn people the dispersal zone would be in place until 7am on Tuesday, December 6.
They said: "We take these reports seriously and in order to investigate these reports effectively and keep you safe, a search authority under Section 60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 has been put in place from 6pm today until 7am tomorrow. This allows officers to stop and search any person inside the designated area shown on the map.
"You will see an increased number of officers in the area. Please don’t be concerned. They are there for your reassurance and ensure the reports are thoroughly investigated.
"We would ask anybody with information to call us on 101, quoting log 1044 of December 5, 2022."
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