Police Community Support Officer

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Police Community Support Officer (PCSO)

individuals who under legislative authority work alongside the police in a supporting role. They patrol their local area, providing assistance and dealing with incidents of nuisance and antisocial behaviour. They may be given the power to direct traffic and issue fixed penalty notices. It is an offence to assault or resist such a person or to impersonate a PCSO.
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WELSH finance minister Jane Hutt said that PS33.6m in funding would secure the posts of 500 community support officers on the beat over the next two years.
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A man described as a "fighting drunk" yesterday admitted punching Sir Alex Ferguson in the groin before head-butting and racially abusing a police community support officer.
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The Independent Police Complaints Commission investigated and now the Crown Prosecution Service has announced three police constables and a police community support officer will be charged with misconduct in a public office.
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New woman on beat

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