00:00Hello, I'm Police Community Support Officer 8215, Jane Hamill, and I work for South Yorkshire Police.
00:13This is part of my role as a PCSO. I go out into the community every day.
00:20I walk, I talk to people, and I introduce myself and let them know on how they can contact their local neighbourhood policing team.
00:29It's very important for PCSOs to be visible in the community because people actually feel reassured.
00:38Whilst I've been on duty, out and about, people actually mention on how nice it is to see us out and about, walking about and talking,
00:48because it gives them that reassurance that we are nearby.
00:52There is a lot of things that we cover in the community, and I can say that no two days are the same.
00:59Our main core role is going into schools and chatting with the children, actually doing speeding operations,
01:10and we get in contact with our victims who have been victims of burglary, and do a little bit of cocooning in the area.
01:18And that's probably most of our core role of being a PCSO.
01:23I find it very, very rewarding being a PCSO.
01:27So, some of the payback from the people that I meet, on how they compliment me for walking about,
01:38for some of the work that I've put in, and made a change to somebody else's life.
01:43I think it's very important that people come and speak to me.
01:49I think they need to know that we are out and about.
01:52We are here to reassure, and we are here to try and help victims of crime.
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