Questions over status  As already mentioned above the legal status of this constabulary IS a grey area  I am a serving officer in the Met and many of my colleagues are unaware of the powers and remit of borough constabularies such as the WPP  If serving front line police officers are unsure then I have to say there is a definite grey area for the public  I have done some research and discovered some interesting points which the article does not in its present form represent  As a result I and it would appear an anon editor have edited the article to try and make a better and objective article which reflects reality  As it was the article was subjective and questionable  However these edits have been reverted without explanation  apart from comments such as this is the truth  In effort to explain my edits and prevent an edit war I set out below my reason for altering the article   London Borough Parks Constabularies are as is correctly quoted established under sec  of the Ministry of Housing and Local Government Provision Order Confirmation   This act allows London borough councils to establish a body of constables who have the power to enforce parks byelaws in their respective parks  It does not make these constables police constables and does not allow police services or forces to be established  No police powers are given to these parks constables with the exception of parks bye laws over and above those which everybody is entitled often referred to as any person powers or as in the case of arrest citizens arrest    In comparison officers from Home Office forces such as the Met Kent Police etc can point to the Police Act  as the basis for their establishment jurisdiction and powers as police constables  BTP officers can point to the Railways and Transport Safety Act   Ministry of Defence Police officer can point to the Ministry of Defence Police Act   I could go onMy point is that all these police forces have a legal basis and with the attached powers to call themselves police officers and the organisations they work for police servicesforces  The WPP does not unless someone can point to a piece of legislation that I have missed  So the article started by saying Wandsworth Parks Police is a Police Service successfully run  Two points about the opening sentence  Firstly its NOT legally a police service but a borough parks constabulary  Secondly the comment regarding successfully run is highly subjective and without basis  All organisations would like to be thought of a successful but without any citation it should not be in an encyclopaedic article  Under legal status the paragraph starts by mentioning the Met and working closely with it  Irrelevant to legal status me thinks and again subjective  Why mention a home office force in the legal status paragraph of a parks constabulary  This paragraph should merely be about the legal status of WPP and its constables  The paragraph rightly states that a magistrate swears WPP constables in but not as police constables but as parks constables due to the legislation involved  Once sworn in the parks constables have executive powers to enforce parks byelaws in their boroughs ONLY  Criminal law is not included  However just like the general public parks constables can enforce criminal law in certain limited circumstances relating to indictable offences only  This is commonly known as citizens arrest  Due to changes in arrest powers with SOCAP in  non police officers such as parks constables need to be aware of the necessity criteria to make an arrest lawful  My point is that the article read like the parks constables had police powers  they dont apart from the bye law aspect  The paragraph then goes on to state that parks constables come under PACE  Well this is obvious and irrelevant any arrest by anyone is under PACE as amended by SOCAP  What it doesnt do is give parks constables any more power than Joe Public apart from the bye law aspect  For all the above reasons the last sentence of this paragraph They are always Parks Police Officers regardless of the technicalities of whether or not they are in the act of enforcing byelaws is not a true reflection of law and quite frankly wrong and misleading  There is no such thing as a parks police officer   I had added at the bottom of the article two paragraphs with cited evidence which brings into question the status of parks constabularies and their use of the word police blue lights and use of batons etc  These were deleted without reason  They are legitimate sources which shed light on the grey area  You may not agree with the report and committees results but they are in the public domain and support my contention that there IS a grey area and WPP are treading on thin ice on occasion NEWLI