Support officers power plea; EDGBASTON.(News)

Birmingham Mail (England);  April 26, 2007 ;     194 words ......today urged to give its Community Support Officers more powers by a Birmingham MP. Gisela...the region's 500 Police Community Support Officers are being prevented from doing their...as the ability to detain suspects, support officers are granted. In the West Midlands...

Support officers power plea EDGBASTON

Birmingham Mail;  April 26, 2007 ;     195 words ......today urged to give its Community Support Officers more powers by a Birmingham MP. Gisela...the region's 500 Police Community Support Officers are being prevented from doing their...as the ability to detain suspects, support officers are granted. In the West Midlands...

Support officers backed.(News)

Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England);  February 21, 2005 ;     185 words ......praised the valued role of community support officers. West Yorkshire Police's head of community...practice in its use and management of support officers. The Plural Policing Unit, which was...to co-ordinate the development of support officers, along with the expansion of the ...

Row over stab proof vest denial; EXCLUSIVE CRIME: Police ignore safety...

Birmingham Mail (England);  October 3, 2006 ;     511 words ......proof vests to front-line community support officers. The officers and their union have...streets that October and concluded support officers could be forced to intervene in incidents...and Safety Unit to recommend that support officers appointed to this force be given stab...

Support officers' area size plight

South Wales Evening Post;  February 4, 2008 ;     340 words ......admitted it is a challenge getting his support officers around their patches on foot. A meeting...North and South Pact heard that the support officers had to cover a sizeable area, in addition...police officers in addition to the two support officers for the area. One of the ...

POLITICS: More power for support officers.(News)

The Birmingham Post (England);  April 18, 2007 ;     393 words ......grant more power to community support officers. It follows complaints that...region's 500 Police Community Support Officers are being prevented from doing...forces grant their community support officers every power available - a...

Row over stab proof vest denial EXCLUSIVE CRIME: Police ignore safety plea...

Birmingham Mail;  October 3, 2006 ;     477 words ......proof vests to front-line community support officers. The officers and their union have...streets that October and concluded support officers could be forced to intervene in incidents...and Safety Unit to recommend that support officers appointed to this force be given stab...

Extra back-up in crime fight; COMMUNITY SUPPORT OFFICERS PROVE THEIR WORTH...

Coventry Evening Telegraph (England);  October 13, 2003 ;     440 words ......has taken on another nine community support officers to supplement the 12 introduced last...police chiefs acknowledge that the support officers have been valuable assets in the fight...highlighted the success of the community support officers and the significant impact they have...

Community support officers out on crime-beating patrol

The Northern Echo;  June 24, 2003 ;     363 words ...NORTH Yorkshire's first community support officers took to the streets yesterday to help...it is hoped the 37 police community support officers sent to work from police stations...Lynn Miller. The police community support officers have completed a training programme...

Who's afraid of the big, bad 13-year-old? Above: Support officers have...

The Daily Mail (London, England);  February 1, 2008 ;     421 words ...Byline: Olinka Koster TWO community support officers locked themselves in a room to hide...highlighted the 'limited value'of community support officers - who were nicknamed 'plastic police...arrived on anunrelated visit. After the support officers called for help, four full police...

EXTRA POWERS IN WAR ON YOBS; Help for support officers.(News)

Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England);  April 3, 2006 ;     209 words ......have been granted to police community support officers in the fight against yobs. Merseyside...into effect today. Police community support officers will be able to obtain the name and...cigarettes from those under-age. The support officers can now authorize immediate removal...

New recruits to help fight crime STAFFS: Extra community support officers...

Birmingham Mail;  April 7, 2006 ;     219 words ...MORE than 85 police support officers will soon be hitting the streets...Police, an extra 69 community support officers are to be recruited to Chase...number of police community support officers in the division from 18 to...

New recruits to help fight crime; STAFFS: Extra community support officers...

Birmingham Mail (England);  April 7, 2006 ;     222 words ......Justine Halifax MORE than 85 police support officers will soon be hitting the streets of...Staffordshire Police, an extra 69 community support officers are to be recruited to Chase division...boost the number of police community support officers in the division from 18 to 87. The...

Police support officers 'did nothing' as boy, 10, drowned in a pond

The Independent - London;  September 22, 2007 ;     592 words ......their demands to know why two police support officers present at the scene stood by and...incident heard that two police community support officers (PCSOs) made no attempt to intervene...officer who arrived "minutes" after the support officers. At the inquest, Mr Ganderton ...

Paul and Lee swell the support officers' ranks.(News)

Coventry Evening Telegraph (England);  December 17, 2003 ;     292 words ......has been boosted by two new uniformed support officers . Community support officers (CSOs) Paul Gunnell and Lee Proud are...other parts of Warwickshire, community support officers have made a really positive impact on...