Paul 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴‍☠️

Let’s be honest here - there’s a reason they are climbing on the memorial, and a real risk that their reckless behaviour will cause damage to it. Criminal damage includes recklessness. You can arrest to prevent said risk of damage to property. Or even to prevent injury to themselves or others. It’s high and dark. S24 PACE: c) to prevent the person in question— (i) causing physical injury to himself or any other person; (ii) suffering physical injury; (iii) causing loss of or damage to property; (iv) committing an offence against public decency (subject to subsection (6)); or (v) causing an unlawful obstruction of the highway;