UK Policing Minister encouraged members of the public to tackle shoplifters at the Conservative Party Conference
The PSNI have said that members of the public should only make a citizen's arrest if it is deemed safe to do so and a relevant offence has taken place.
The minister made the comments at a fringe event at the Conservative Party Conference saying: "The wider public do have the power of citizen’s arrest and, where it’s safe to do so, I would encourage that to be used because if you do just let people walk in, take stuff and walk out without proper challenge, including potentially a physical challenge, then again it will just escalate.“While I want the faster and better police response, the police can’t be everywhere all the time.
A PSNI spokesperson said: "The power to carry out a citizen’s arrest exists in Northern Ireland under Article 26A of the Police and Criminal Evidence Order 1989.
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