Agree, l'm at the top of my scale so no hope of me going higher. I have considered becoming an officer but l fear that l would lose the community aspect that the PCSO role affords us.

I dont fancy working nights or 'fire fighting' policing.

Confirmed yesterday 25th April 2013 - Dave Jones is the new Chief Constable of NYP. New North Yorkshire chief constable is a "tough guy for a tough job" A POLICE force left humiliated after its top officer admitted gross misconduct two years ago is embarking on a new chapter. NORTH Yorkshire Police...

Going live on the 5th Feb - first anybody has heard about this, TYPICAL. Is this going nationwide on the 5th, or just Met for now?

found this on the old NPIA website
http://www.npia.police.uk/en/11260.htm

Our force have just brought this in as well. Partly it is to reduce cost. If the person is already employed by the force then there is no need to run full background checks, references etc. In addition the length of the course is reduced. Like everything there are plus points and negative points.

spongebob wrote:The article isn't very clear, but the plan is that we will be wearing high viz when ever we are out on foot patrol, rather than just public order and dealing with RTCs.

We already do, it forms part of our Health & Safety policy!!

It would appear that our force have gone the same way. Happy to change our shifts without consultation. We have also been told "The way forward for PCSOs is they stick to their rostered shifts. If they cannot get a colleague to attend any meetings, then we don't attend" I have asked for my union rep...

Never get bored as dont get time, far fewer of us covering bigger areas, with less staff compared to cities

Dealing with wildlife, everyday occurrence up here in the wilds of Yorkshire

Have to agree in most cases what you tell the FCR and what they write are normally poles apart. I always update the occurrence log with the true events

http://www.northyorkshire.police.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=9121&p=0 I work closely with groups like MENCAP to help raise awareness of this and encourage victims to report such crimes. Some of the stories l have been told are quite disturbing. A lot of these crimes go unreported as people with learnin...

There were a couple of the G4S security recruits on the news saying that communications from the recruitment department had been woeful and that they had heard nothing for months after successfully applying and then not been told when and where to go accurately. All the communication was via email ...

When you accept that PCs and their views come before PCSOs and our views you can breathe a sigh of relief and just enjoy your own work. I never let stuff get to me as I cannot change a thing. I would just end up bringing down moral and making enemies You'd think that after nearly 10 years l would h...

Anybody watching Secrets of the Shoplifters on Channel 4, just seen a private security guard using Handcuffs on a shoplifter!!! http://www.channel4.com/programmes/secrets-of-the-shoplifters Yup, quite legal. Security guards at Blackpool pleasurebeach carry them too and there are plenty of security ...

Anybody watching Secrets of the Shoplifters on Channel 4, just seen a private security guard using Handcuffs on a shoplifter!!!

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/secr ... hoplifters

Give me the power of arrest you might as well pay me the same as a Police officer and give me all the kit to go with it... Hold on I'm no longer a PCSO I'm a Police officer! I for one do not want, or need the power of arrest, give me that and ill be sent to deal with domestics, and shop lifters, I ...