A reform package put forward by Sir Ian Blair, the Metropolitan Police commissioner, includes a proposal to allow senior constables to issue young people with interim ASBOs, rather than giving them a warning until they appear in court.
Richard Garside, director of the Crime and Society Foundation, said ASBOs are already unnecessary and that the proposal could be a "licence for potential abuse of police power".
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