{"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/311548.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":311548,"parliament":{"period":"2019-2024","government":"Conservative","dissolution_at":"2024-05-30T00:01:00.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Issue all Security and Door Supervisors with Handcuffs, Batons and PAVA spray.","background":"With the increase in the number of assaults against Door Supervisors and Security Officers (including several which have resulted in death); I believe that all Door Supervisors and Security Officers should be allowed to protect themselves, their colleagues and the customers in their charge.","additional_details":"To that end, I am calling for all Door Supervisors and Security Officers to be routinely issued with handcuffs, side-handled batons and PAVA spray. Training, for the former, already exists. However, Door Staff are not allowed to carry or use batons and PAVA spray; yet their issue could drastically reduce the number of violent assaults, in all front line security operations and in particular, those against Door Supervisors and Security Officers.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":21,"created_at":"2020-03-28T15:11:36.531Z","updated_at":"2020-05-15T12:19:16.350Z","rejected_at":"2020-05-15T09:18:43.738Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2020-03-29T09:02:44.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"irrelevant","details":"The Government is not responsible for privately employed security or door supervisors. Issuing equipment would be the responsibility of individual employers, not the UK Government or Parliament.\r\n\r\nWe could accept a petition calling for a change in the law to allow security staff to carry batons and PAVA spray, if that is something you would like to happen."},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}