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| Police urging terror limit review | Police urging terror limit review |
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| Senior police officers have renewed their call for a change in the law on how long a terror suspect can be held without charge. | Senior police officers have renewed their call for a change in the law on how long a terror suspect can be held without charge. |
| Ken Jones, head of the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo), said some suspects should be held "for as long as it takes" to finish the investigation. | |
| Currently, terror suspects can be held for up to 28 days without charge. | Currently, terror suspects can be held for up to 28 days without charge. |
| But Mr Jones said it was not about such limits but about having enough time to secure evidence in serious cases. | But Mr Jones said it was not about such limits but about having enough time to secure evidence in serious cases. |
| There is no benefit to the police in keeping any individual in custody for a single day longer than is required Ken JonesAcpo | There is no benefit to the police in keeping any individual in custody for a single day longer than is required Ken JonesAcpo |
| The 28-day limit had been a compromise - the government wanted 90 days, but attempts to push it through ended with Tony Blair's first Commons defeat as prime minister. | The 28-day limit had been a compromise - the government wanted 90 days, but attempts to push it through ended with Tony Blair's first Commons defeat as prime minister. |
| Mr Jones said investigators were facing an unprecedented international dimension in terrorism cases and often inquiries took longer than the timescales permitted by law. | Mr Jones said investigators were facing an unprecedented international dimension in terrorism cases and often inquiries took longer than the timescales permitted by law. |
| He said one suggestion from Acpo was that any time period granted should be managed and scrutinised by senior judges at regular intervals. | He said one suggestion from Acpo was that any time period granted should be managed and scrutinised by senior judges at regular intervals. |
| "There is no benefit to the police in keeping any individual in custody for a single day longer than is required to investigate criminal, or terrorist activity," he said. | "There is no benefit to the police in keeping any individual in custody for a single day longer than is required to investigate criminal, or terrorist activity," he said. |
| "But any period of proportionate, pre-charge detention must be sufficient to exhaust all enquiries in what are increasingly complex investigations," he continued. | "But any period of proportionate, pre-charge detention must be sufficient to exhaust all enquiries in what are increasingly complex investigations," he continued. |
| Shami Chakrabarti, director of human rights group Liberty, said: "We elect politicians to determine legislation and we expect chief constables to uphold the rule of law, not campaign for internment." | Shami Chakrabarti, director of human rights group Liberty, said: "We elect politicians to determine legislation and we expect chief constables to uphold the rule of law, not campaign for internment." |