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Terror laws: Police voice concerns over 42-day detention Rosa Prince Senior police officers have expressed concern that Gordon Brown's plans to increase detention without charge for terror suspects to 42 days could make their jobs more difficult. Four senior members of the Association of Chief Police Officers, including Rob Beckley, deputy chief constable of Avon and Somerset, have raised concerns that the likely damage to relations with the Muslim community will prove detrimental to intelligence gathering. They also fear that detectives will come under pressure to unearth, or even manufacture, evidence within the 42 day deadline, and are worried at the impact on the reputation of the police of being associated with such controversial legislation.
(Article continues below) MPs vote on 42 days when the Counter-Terrorism Bill comes before the Commons this week. Government whips have been putting heavy pressure on Labour backbenchers to support the move, warning that defeat could prove highly damaging to the Prime Minister, who has staked his personal authority on the measure.
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