Tag: Community engagement

23 pages tagged with Community engagement

PCSO handbook

Uniform and appointments

PCSOs should be recognisable to the public as police staff but visibly distinct from regular police officers.

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PCSO handbook

Legislation and powers

Chief officers must decide which powers they wish to designate to their PCSOs.

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PCSO handbook

Training and development

Forces have a clear duty of care to ensure that all PCSOs can fulfil their role and that they are trained effectively.

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PCSO handbook

Recruitment and employment

The recruitment of police staff and their terms and conditions is a local matter for chief officers and Police and Crime Commissioners.

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PCSO handbook

Operational deployment

PCSO contribute to the policing of neighbourhoods through highly visible targeted patrols to reassure the public.

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PCSO handbook

Duties

PCSOs should be fully included in the work of the neighbourhood policing team (NPT) wherever possible.

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PCSO handbook

Finance

Chief officers and police and crime commissioners freedom and flexibility to make decisions regarding resourcing in their force areas.

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PCSO handbook

Role and purpose

The role and purpose of a Police Community Support Officer (PCSO).

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PCSO handbook

Introduction

Meeting the challenges of modern policing and the changing nature of crimes

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Joining as a PCSO

How to become a police community support officer (PCSO) and play a part linking local communities and policing.

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Anti-social behaviour, Community engagement, Digital, Neighbourhood crime, Organisation including workforce

Echo – feedback from callers, victims, residents and employees

Using a platform to capture and analyse large volumes of customer feedback, gathered through conversational SMS and a bespoke website.
Going equipped

Being a Prevent officer

Q&A – PC Claire Doyle asks Sergeant Andy Webb about his career
Published
8 June 2022
Case study

Using the community trigger to address anti-social behaviour

Dyfed-Powys Police uses the community trigger to guide their actions and tactical options
Published
18 January 2022
Going equipped

Tackling knife crime with local communities

My idea: Using community impact statements to build knife crime cases
Published
10 December 2021
Brief

Unique research opportunity provided by Fulbright–Stephen Lawrence award

The new award will enable research into policing and criminal justice
Published
13 October 2021
Brief

Rough sleeping – alternatives to enforcement

Practical guidance produced for policing
Published
18 August 2021
Brief

Support for end-to-end encryption increases

More UK adults back use of security feature on social media networks if child safety can be protected, survey finds
Published
24 May 2021
Going equipped

Seeking to improve trust and confidence in local police

My idea: Hyper-local problem solving – 40 wards, 40 problems, 40 solutions
Published
10 May 2021
Going equipped

Sharing the good work police are doing locally and nationally

I am thrilled to introduce the second issue of Going equipped – a publication written for policing, by policing
Published
27 April 2021
Brief

Overcoming harmful sexual assault myths and stereotypes

Updated CPS guidance looks at barriers that prevent victims from reporting sexual crimes
Published
27 January 2021
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