It comes as government figures* show PCSO numbers have nearly halved, from 16,918 in March 2010 to 9,547 in March 2019 […]
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Earlier this month the government announced £30m in extra police funding for forces in England and Wales to deal with the pressure […]
Police Vision 2025, drawn up by police chiefs and commissioners, will fail unless the government pays for more officers to patrol the streets, says the union. Community policing has become much […]
UNISON’s Suffolk Police branch has launched a campaign calling on the government to reverse the cuts and give the constabulary the funding it needs to provide a police service that […]
UNISON releases latest survey showing effect of policing cuts on community support officers and neighbourhood policing in England and Wales
“Today’s announcement is a desperate response to government cuts, which have had a devastating impact on police budgets. These cutbacks are creating a safe […]
-UNISON supports 31,500 police staff and PCSOs in 41 forces in England and Wales. -The government target for police service diversity is that forces should become representative of the communities […]
Labour’s candidate for mayor of London on the important role UNISON members have to play in the forthcoming elections
- Date
- 2 December 2017 11:00pm
- Location
- North Norwich - meet at Christ Church Centre, Magdalen Road, Norwich NR3 4LA
The aim is to send a strong message to Norwich North Conservative MP and assistant government whip Chloe Smith that the priority of her government should be cutting crime, not cutting PCSOs who […]
“The government is trying to get policing on the cheap, when instead it should be funding police forces properly […]
And he added: "The public will no doubt be wondering why the government has slashed PCSO numbers by 30% since 2010." PCSO numbers have been cut by 30% since 2010 and […]
Before that, he was a community safety worker, with a local authority safer neighbourhood team. “Not every day as a PCSO is a great day, as you can […]
Vital evidence risks being destroyed because police forces are failing to properly train and protect the support staff who regularly guard crime scenes, says a UNISON report today (Saturday). The report – Out of Sight and Out of Mind – contains the findings of a new survey that says that nearly two thirds (66 per […]