Search Results for “Local government” tagged PCSOs

Government only doing ‘half the job’ by replacing police officers

It comes as government figures* show PCSO numbers have nearly halved, from 16,918 in March 2010 to 9,547 in March 2019 […]

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

More PCSOs would be best way to ensure public comply with COVID rules

Earlier this month the government announced £30m in extra police funding for forces in England and Wales to deal with the pressure […]

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

New vision for policing strategy fails to deal with declining workforce, says UNISON

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 […]

Press release on the UNISON National site.

UNISON warns of risk to community policing as cuts bite in Suffolk

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 […]

News on the UNISON National site.

‘Community policing is worth protecting and worth voting for’

UNISON releases latest survey showing effect of policing cuts on community support officers and neighbourhood policing in England and Wales

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Cutting Suffolk’s police community support officers risks public safety, says UNISON

“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 […]

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

Police staff now less representative of communities, says UNISON

-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 […]

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

We must fight this Conservative assault on neighbourhood policing – Sadiq Khan

Labour’s candidate for mayor of London on the important role UNISON members have to play in the forthcoming elections

News on the UNISON National site.

Cut crime – not PCSOs

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 […]

Event on the UNISON National site.

Giving police volunteers rights to use weapons is a step too far, says UNISON

“The government is trying to get policing on the cheap, when instead it should be funding police forces properly […]

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

Cutting PCSO numbers has a real cost

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 […]

Article on the UNISON National site.

May The Force Be With You

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 […]

Magazine on the UNISON National site.

UNISON calls for overhaul of the guarding of crime scenes

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 […]

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.