PCSOs Under Review

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As cuts loom and priorities shift, we’ll explore the evolving role of the PCSO - and whether their presence is still essential in modern policing.

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00:00In towns and cities across the UK, they walk the beat without a warrant card, but with a promise, to reassure, to engage and to support.

00:09Police Community Support Officers, or PCSOs, were introduced to be the bridge between the public and the police.

00:15But now, with stretched budgets and mounting pressure on frontline services, some forces are asking, are PCSOs still worth the cost?

00:22As cuts loom and priorities shift, we'll explore the evolving role of the PCSO, and whether their presence is still essential in modern policing.

00:31We'll test the public's view, and experience a typical day on the beat with some of our finest officers.

00:36We'll also meet Lancashire's longest-serving PCSO, still working with the community at 75 years old.

00:43If you do the job properly, there's a hell of a lot of satisfaction in what you've done and what you've achieved.

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