Have just been watching the news and noticed GMP PCSO's wearing white traffic officer style hats, is this a new thing and whats the explaination?

If they were conducting an authorised road check then ill eat my hat. I was merely showing that all PCSO's do have a power to stop vehicles as people were saying we dont.

ahh missed that one inserted by Sch. 4 para. 1(2A) inserted (1.7.2005 for certain purposes and 1.8.2005 otherwise) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), ss. 122(3)(a), 178; S.I. 2005/1521, art. 3(1)(h); S.I. 2005/2026, art. 2(d)

I have had a look into the legistlation and if you have the following designation from your cheif constable (not a standard power) . Part 1 Police reform act: Community Support Officers Powers to issue fixed penalty notices E+W 1(1)Where a designation applies this paragraph to any person, that perso...

Thats an old one!

The only littering ticket power is using local council tickets (which is ridiculous because i would probadly have to carry around 3 different ticket books on me) but our ticket for littering in my local area is £80 so higher than the police PND

There is an offence of failing to stop for a PCSO and all PCSO's have the specific power only under Section 59 PRA as follows: From schedule 4 part 1 paragraph 9 of the police reform act http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/30/schedule/4 Seizure of vehicles used to cause alarm etc. E+W 9(1)Where...

There is a specific grant from central government that funds PCSOs only and cannot be used to fund anything else. The government havnt yet decided if they are going to keep this grant, reduce it or get rid of it completely. This means if the government reduces or completeley removes the grant the ch...

brianb wrote:Welcome to the site, it get's even more confusing - North Wales Police CSOs are issued with cuffs as well.

And BTP...

Not sure if it's already been mentioned but I'd be suprised if not... Lancashire look to be making 180 PCSO's redundant very shortly due to funding cuts from their council. Some are already underway and the rest will follow shortly. Come the new year the force will then look at the rest of the PCSO...

http://www.policecouldyou.co.uk/pcso/pcso_vacancies.php As far as I am aware they still publish vacancies here same with police officers and nobody is recruiting currently. They are talking reductions in Lancs and some forces have issued their PCSO's redundancy warnings.

Ahh we have one of them, hes also our beach patrol and really useful. im guessing assesments are different from council to council.

How many police officers does it take to arrest a man on a car roof...

Sorry if i seem ignorant but what is an ACSO?

Yea had the power for a year and a half and never had to use it, and it a is different power.