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Call for commitment to PCSOs as forces overwhelmed by Covid rules
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Unfortunately the argument put by Unison appears to be predicated by the desire to increase their potential membership.
The PCSO role was originally about community visibility, confidence and dealing with some minor offences. Whilst it has increased in scope significantly, taking on being big brother on behalf of the local authorities is mistaken.
Some forces didn’t cover themselves in glory during the first Covid wave. Utterly apparent some didn’t actually understand the Public Health Regulations. Neighbours of mine were being subjected to road checks and having their boot searched to check what shopping they had. Another had their shopping trolley checked after leaving Sainsbury’s to determine if they had essential shopping only. It was a total mess and hence so many tickets and prosecutions were overturned after CPS review. At least the NPCC did get a grip on it despite criticism
Do forces and in particularly PCSOs want to be enforcing another flawed approach that is increasingly lacking community confidence with many in the tier 2 and 3 areas ignoring restrictions and as such would completely remove them from their core role.
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M10
Unfortunately the argument put by Unison appears to be predicated by the desire to increase their potential membership.
The PCSO role was originally about community visibility, confidence and dealing with some minor offences. Whilst it has increased in scope significantly, taking on being big brother on behalf of the local authorities is mistaken.
Some forces didn’t cover themselves in glory during the first Covid wave. Utterly apparent some didn’t actually understand the Public Health Regulations. Neighbours of mine were being subjected to road checks and having their boot searched to check what shopping they had. Another had their shopping trolley checked after leaving Sainsbury’s to determine if they had essential shopping only. It was a total mess and hence so many tickets and prosecutions were overturned after CPS review. At least the NPCC did get a grip on it despite criticism
Do forces and in particularly PCSOs want to be enforcing another flawed approach that is increasingly lacking community confidence with many in the tier 2 and 3 areas ignoring restrictions and as such would completely remove them from their core role.
