Home Office Circular 2/2009: Uniform to be worn by traffic wardens who are also police community support officers (PCSOs)

The Home Office Circular 2/2009 was issued on January 14, 2009. The Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 prescribes that traffic wardens appointed under section 95 of the Act shall wear such uniform as may be determined by the Secretary of State. It also provides that they shall not act as traffic wardens when not in uniform.
The purpose of this Circular is to notify the police of a new determination of the uniform to be worn by traffic wardens who are also designated as PCSOs under section 38 of the Police Reform Act 2002.
From February 1, 2009, traffic wardens who are also PCSOs should, from that time wear the local PCSO uniform without differentiation.
It remains however important to distinguish those PCSOs who are also traffic wardens and have traffic warden powers from those who are not and do not. Their status should therefore be explained on the designation card they carry and produce on demand as PCSOs.
This determination relates only to those traffic wardens designated as PCSOs.
The uniform for traffic wardens not so designated remains as set out in HO Circular 7/1994, as amended by HO Circular 57/1997.
The Home Office Circular 2/2009 can be found at http://www.knowledgenetwork. gov.uk/HO/circular.nsf/797554 33dd36a66980256d4f004d1514 /b961bf2cfb7a8635802575380 0349fbe?Open Document