Police dispersal order ahead of Bristol protest
A policing operation has been stood up ahead of a protest and counter-protest planned in Bristol city centre tomorrow (7 September).
Officers will be in the Bond Street area from Sunday morning to enable peaceful protest to take place, following tested policing plans.
A dispersal zone has been allocated for the city centre, as shown in the above map, under Section 34/35 of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014.
The dispersal zone will be in place from 7am on Sunday until 7am on Monday (8 September) and gives police officers power to move people on if they are causing – or are likely to cause – harassment, alarm or distress to other people.
Ch Insp Serjeant said:
"There could be disruption to the road network in the surrounding area while the protest takes place so we’d advise anyone planning to travel to plan their journeys in advance.”
Chief Inspector Serena Serjeant, of the Bristol Neighbourhood Policing Team, added:
“Our aim is to enable peaceful protest to take place, but we will step in the event of any criminality."