- Target:
- Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary.
- Region:
- Wales
- Website:
- arfonjones.cymru
Police Forces in England & Wales were recently inspected on "Police Legitimacy" which includes "ethical culture" and "whether the force understand, engage with and treat fairly the people it serve..."
North Wales Police received a 'GOOD' rating in this inspection; however North Wales Police and Cheshire are two of the few forces to use the controversial restrictive 'bubble' to convey ALL fans to and from derby football matches between Wrexham and Chester and vice versa.
The use of the 'bubble' has been the subject of much criticism of law abiding fans of both Chester and Wrexham Football Clubs who resent having their freedom curtailed by an arbitrary, disproportionate and unfair method of policing. They further resent their categorisation and stereotyping as football hooligans and general troublemakers.
The Inspectorate make no mention of the fact that they inspected football policing methods in their report and we must therefore conclude that they did not.
We the undersigned therefore call upon Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary to re-inspect both North Wales Police and Cheshire Constabulary to determine whether their use of a 'bubble' to Police tier 5 matches between Wrexham and Chester is necessary and proportionate or whether it interferes in the rights of legitimate football fans to free and unrestricted movement.
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The Burst the Bubble petition to Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary. was written by Arfon Jones and is in the category Human Rights at GoPetition.