powers of a Traffic Warden Enforce bylaws Deal with begging. This involves requiring the person to stop begging as well as providing their name and address to the PCSO Enforce certain licensing offences Search detained people for dangerous items i.e. weapons and/or items that could effect an escape from the PCSO Disperse groups and remove under 16s to their place of residence Remove children contravening bans imposed by a curfew notice to their place of residence Remove truants to designated premises Search for alcohol and tobacco Enforce park trading offences Enter licensed premises (limited) Stop vehicles for testing Direct traffic for the purposes of escorting abnormal loads Deal with parking offences including giving fines Individual chief constables or commissioners can increase the discretionary powers their PCSOs use from the existing list. PCSO powers were further increased by the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 statute. This provided them with powers such as the power of a constable under Section 19 of PACE to seize any suspected criminal property or property suspected of being used in crime and further traffic FPN powers. Expansion of powers The Policing and Crime Act 2017 set out dramatic expansions to the role of PCSO. Section 28(4)(a) states a PCSO will be able to be designated with "any power or duty of a constable (other than a power or duty specified in Part 1 of Schedule 3B excluded powers and duties)". These excluded powers would be: Any power or duty of a constable to make an arrest (under s24 PACE 1984) Any power or duty of a constable to stop and search an individual or a vehicle or other thing The power of a constable, under section 36(4) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, to perform the functions of a custody officer at a designated police station if a custody officer is not readily available to perform them Any power that is exercisable only by a constable of a particular rank Any power of a constable under (a) the Terrorism Act 2000; (b)the Terrorism Act 2006; (c)the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008; (d)the Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Act 2011; (e)the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 Any power of a constable under the Official Secrets Act 1911 to 1989 The power of a constable to make an application on behalf of the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis under section 6 of the Regulation of