{"topic_id":"gb_dangerous_dogs_control_powers","category":"gb-dangerous-dogs","context":"---\ntopic_id: gb_dangerous_dogs_control_powers\ncategory: gb-dangerous-dogs\ntitle: \"England & Wales dog-control powers for enforcers (community protection notice, criminal behaviour order, PSPO; Dog Legislation Officer)\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"UK Government (GOV.UK / DEFRA) — 'Control of dogs: guidance for enforcers (GOV.UK)' (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/control-dogs), landed 2026-08-13\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/gov-uk-petwelfare/control_dogs.html\ndate_parsed: 2026-08-13\ntokens_estimated: 185\nverified: true\nverification: c1_substring\nsource_document: \"Control of dogs: guidance for enforcers (GOV.UK)\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"UK Government (GOV.UK / DEFRA)\"\n  title: \"Control of dogs: guidance for enforcers (GOV.UK)\"\n  url: \"https://www.gov.uk/guidance/control-dogs\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-08-13\"\n  ref: \"\"\n  doc_type: \"official web page / guidance\"\n  needs_review: false\nlicense: open_government_licence_v3\n---\n\n# England & Wales dog-control powers for enforcers (community protection notice, criminal behaviour order, PSPO; Dog Legislation Officer)\n\nVerbatim C1 topic drawn from a first-hand UK Government (GOV.UK / DEFRA) source. Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0; every claim below is a whitespace-normalised substring of the landed source file. No paraphrase.\n\n## Claims (verified C1 substrings of source_file)\n- `Police, councils and other authorities can take action against a dangerous or banned dog .`\n- `a community protection notice`\n- `a civil injunction (a type of injunction that focuses on antisocial behaviour)`\n- `a criminal behaviour order`\n- `Councils can also restrict what dogs can do in a public space, eg banning dogs from the area or requiring them to be on leads.`\n- `This is known as a public spaces protection order .`\n- `microchipping - compulsory for every dog from 6 April 2016`\n- `muzzling the dog, eg around children`\n- `The DLO must be able to act as a single point of contact for anyone investigating dog-related crimes.`\n- `A community protection notice ( CPN ) orders the person responsible for the dog (usually the dog owner) to stop or control its behaviour.`\n","sources":["gb-dangerous-dogs — Control of dogs: guidance for enforcers (GOV.UK) (retrieved 2026-08-13)"],"source":{"authority":"gb-dangerous-dogs","title":"Control of dogs: guidance for enforcers (GOV.UK)","url":"https://www.gov.uk/guidance/control-dogs","retrieved":"2026-08-13","ref":"","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"Control of dogs: guidance for enforcers (GOV.UK)","verification_file":"pdf-raw/gov-uk-petwelfare/control_dogs.html"},"source_document":"Control of dogs: guidance for enforcers (GOV.UK)","source_file":"pdf-raw/gov-uk-petwelfare/control_dogs.html","trust":{"authority_tier":"ungraded","fidelity":"verbatim","license":"open_government_licence_v3","display_grade":"pending"},"tokens_estimated":185,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}