by powdermonkey » Wed Nov 18, 2015 5:31 pm
In view of the recent tragic events in Paris we had an extended briefing yesterday reminding us of taking precautions whilst out and about, station security etc. There has been no change to our single crewing policy and I don't expect one either, as there's not much we as PCSO's could do to prevent an attack. It's more about monitoring certain factors such as community tension, religion based hate crime and gathering intelligence.
I was somewhat dismayed today to find out just how poor the quality of our external CCTV cameras are. So bad that you can't read a registration plate on a vehicle parked outside our front door.
Meanwhile, it's worth remembering that we never know where a threat may come from and I would question the reasoning behind the person who sent two PCSO's to an ongoing assault in this incident in which, fortunately, they weren't harmed :
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-ma ... r-34855840
In view of the recent tragic events in Paris we had an extended briefing yesterday reminding us of taking precautions whilst out and about, station security etc. There has been no change to our single crewing policy and I don't expect one either, as there's not much we as PCSO's could do to prevent an attack. It's more about monitoring certain factors such as community tension, religion based hate crime and gathering intelligence.
I was somewhat dismayed today to find out just how poor the quality of our external CCTV cameras are. So bad that you can't read a registration plate on a vehicle parked outside our front door.
Meanwhile, it's worth remembering that we never know where a threat may come from and I would question the reasoning behind the person who sent two PCSO's to an ongoing assault in this incident in which, fortunately, they weren't harmed :
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-34855840