According to the  ‘Occupiers Liability Act 1884′  If you do put barbed or razor wire on your fence the you must take reasonable precautions to prevent injury to other people, including trespassers, caused by dangers on your property or boundary.

The ‘Occupiers Liabilty Act’ clearly  states that YOU are responsible for any injury someone receives even if they don’t have permission to be on your property. The only acception to the rule – is that adequate signs were clearly in place to warn an intruder of any danger.

However – Adequate warning signs are not a guarantee that you are protected from possible compensation claims for injury caused. For example:

• If a child is injured climbing your barbed or razor covered walls or fences, the law is likely to consider that you have breached your duty of care.  Leaving you wide open to a  ’No-Win-No-Fee’ compensation claim
• Your warning signs are written in english and your non- speaking english intruder cannot read them
• A person with a learning disability climbing your fence is unable to take adequate responsibility for his or her own safety

You can protect your property without causing harm to intruders and leaving your self wide open to insurance claims.

For instance – A Roller Barrier (below) is a ‘Non-Aggressive’ Anti Climb Barrier that offers practical and effective perimeter security – without the risk of intruders impaling or seriously injuring themselves. The rollers are wide and therefore difficult to grip fingers around and on to, and the rollers move in sections making it very difficult to clamber on to and over.

Legally – Only a police officer can stop and search you, your clothing,  and anything else you have in your posession or are carrying such as a bag rucksack, etc. However- if powers under the ‘Terrorism Act 2000′ are being applied then ‘Police Community Support Officers’ have the authority to search vehicles and bags carried by persons as long as it is carried out under the supervision of a police officer.

For what reasons would I be stopped and searched by the police?

You may be stopped as and searched as the officer may have grounds to suspect that you are carrying:

• Drugs, weapons or stolen property, i.e Items that could be used to:
• commit crime.
• commit an act of terrorism
• cause criminal damage

The grounds the police officer must have are generally based on facts, forwarded information or intelligence, or simply could be based on the way you are behaving.

Can the police stop me if they don’t suspect anything?

There are certain times when police officers have authority to search anyone within a certain area, for example:-

1. An area where a terrorist threat has been identified – under the ‘Section 44 Terrorism Act 2000′.
2. Where there is evidence that serious violence has or may take place – under the ‘Section 60 Criminal Justice / Public Order Act 1994′.