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It’s a good idea to explain the role of the Police Community Support Officers, and their duties.
Each Police Force is limited in the number of officers it is allowed to employ. Having Police Community Support Officers is a way to increase numbers of uniformed personnel on our streets. They free up the time of the Police Officer, allowing them to carry out duties such as attending emergency calls, investigation, bringing cases to Court and offenders to justice.
The Police Community Support Officer’s uniform is almost exactly the same as a regular Police Officer or Special except they have their title on the back of their upper dress.
The Police Community Support Officer devotes most of their time to public duties, but do have a certain amount of office work to do such as dealing with Incident Reports, about street events, communicating with all agencies, arranging events and, of course liaising with Neighbourhood Watch Co-Ordinators; their duties are mainly community and social issues.
A Police Community Support Officer does not have the power of arrest, though they can detain a person for up to 30 minutes while they wait for police attendance. They are constantly in touch with the Police Control Room, via radio.
The PCSO can issue a fixed penalty notice for a range of offences from littering to disorder, confiscate alcohol as appropriate. Stopping vehicles as part of a road check,
and a range of other community duties.
Contact information is as follows:
Use 101 in any event and let the operator decide whether it is an urgent Police matter. You should explain the purpose of your call and the address of your nearest station,
You can get in touch with PCSO's by Email; When you meet them in your area ask them for their email address.
The typical day of a Police Community Support Officer includes a foot patrol of the neighbourhood, visiting local residents and businesses to talk about low level crime, supporting fellow officers at a crime scene, and speaking at local schools to parents and pupils and talking about local issues with Neighbourhood Watch Co-Ordinators.
The PCSO will arrange a meeting place for the Co-Ordinator and members of the public to visit on a monthly basis, usually called “Beat Surgeries”
In an area where PCSO's are active they will be seen on the street quite regularly either on foot or in a vehicle and are capable of communication by telephone (cell phone) and e-mail.
A Neighbourhood Watch Co-Ordinator is in regular contact with the PCSO.
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