Sentences with phrase «community support officers»

This guidance details the powers of community support officers, both basic and discretionary, provided for under various pieces of legislation.

There are 900 fewer community support officers and 9,000 fewer police staff.

Every area will be given its own community support officer to work with those teenagers most at risk of committing an offence.

Let me be clear, though: the crime fighters will remain police officers, the public will always see police officers and Police Community Support Officers patrolling their neighbourhoods and policing will remain a public service, accountable to the people and carried out by consent.

Community support officer Josh Hayward, who works for Louth's neighbourhood policing team, said: «The day at Lacy Garden primary school proved extremely useful and informative for everyone involved.

He said Community Support Officers needed to be given «real powers» to make a difference and criticised the current bureaucracy as a disincentive against reporting crime.

Shadow home secretary Chris Grayling has also expressed reservations about the usefulness of police community support officers (PCSOs) in the past.

Recent years have seen a greater reliance on Special Constables and the introduction of Community Support Officers to address the problem, generating concern about a lack of training and experience.

@boob: «Dale McAlpine was charged with causing «harassment, alarm or distress» after a h0m0 police community support officer (PCSO) overheard him reciting a number of «sins» referred to in the Bible, including blasphemy, drunkenness and same s relationships.»

Dale McAlpine was charged with causing «harassment, alarm or distress» after a h0m0 police community support officer (PCSO) overheard him reciting a number of «sins» referred to in the Bible, including blasphemy, drunkenness and same s relationships.

However, Mr Koyair revealed he had applied to be a community support officer and his family had backed him, adding: «Now, I do not want to be associated anywhere near the police.

Moves to hand police community support officers (PCSOs) more responsibilities on the beat by South Yorkshire police are attracting a fierce backlash from opponents.

Funding went to a huge array of small - scale projects such as multilingual police community support officers and citizens advice bureaux.

Labour said its revised budget would restore funding to key areas including apprenticeships, adult social care and more Police Community Support Officers.

The Metropolitan police force has been accused of having an «apartheid» culture involving police community support officers (PCSOs).

Ms Smith said: «I am delighted to have reached this momentous milestone with over 3,600 neighbourhood policing teams in place, consisting of 13,500 police officers and over 16,000 police community support officers and congratulate all the forces involved.

Police leave has been cancelled so officers can cover for striking police community support officers, call handlers on the 999 lines and security staff.

Dog Wardens, Environmental Health Officers, Housing Officers and Police Community Support Officers have become our eyes, ears, and, in many cases, wheels in communities where the cat population is causing problems.

In fact, the move in my childhood home town of Clevedon to cut the number of vehicles available to Police community support officers (PCSOs) and instead ask them to use the buses may in fact be a blessing in disguise.

In the United Kingdom we have Police Community Support Officers (pcso's) and then proper policemen / policewomen.

I, Ian Jenkins Superindendent, Metropolitan Police with the consent of Ealing being the relevant Local Authority, hereby authorize uniformed Constables and Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) to disperse groups as defined under Part 4 of the Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 from the above area during the relevant period detailed below...