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| nightbird |
Posted - 04/08/2007 : 22:40:51
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=473229&in_page_id=1770
Well we all new that it was about policing on the cheap, but totally unacceptable to put PCSOs in place of properly trained police without the same standard of training and arrest powers.
How long will it be before seeing poorly trained armed PCSOs patrolling our streets? |
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| Fluffy Sheep |
Posted - 05/08/2007 : 23:40:08
In our area the PCSO`s are proving themselves pretty well, particularly in being a visible and known `police presence`, which has encouraged some folks to actually press charges and/or give evidence to deal with some local thugs. OK, so they had 3 weeks training, but they`re working in collaboration with the police officers who are fully trained, they are learning as they gain experience in their role, and many of them will probably go on and apply to become `proper coppers`.
If you go into any NHS hospital now, and are dependent on a high input of `hands-on` care, much of that care will be delivered by `health care support workers` - Nursing Auxiliaries with NVQ`s. N A`s have a TWO week induction course! OK, it`s nursing on the cheap, they work alongside and feedback to qualified nurses, and many of them have gone on to do the full 3 years` training. Some of these are the best nurses you could wish for, while some of the `straight from college` nurses take so much longer to develop their skills.
I view the PCSO`s the same way. I do understand the fears that the `real professionals` will be replaced, that the skills and standards will be watered down, but I see it as more than a cost-cutting exercise, it`s a real resource as it stands ( most of the naff ones will drop out of their own accord) and it`s also likely to be a very good recruitment pool. |
| long time no see |
Posted - 04/08/2007 : 22:57:58
Yes this is why Brown/Blair vision
is so wrong.
It is about time the Real Police spoke Official about this New Labour Con.
Sign Of The Times. |
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