working with community support officers and they say violent crime is at it's lowest for decades!!!
Contradiction?
2007-09-27 01:37:10 · 8 answers · asked by Plato 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
why have a record number of police & support officers if crime is so low?
2007-09-27 01:43:36 · update #1
could work both ways Mr Taco
2007-09-27 01:49:12 · update #2
Where?
Crime rates continue to rise all over this country and it is easy to check that...go online and ask for crime statistics
2007-09-27 01:42:04 · answer #1 · answered by Patti_Ja 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-06-10 17:05:37 · answer #2 · answered by Scott 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
See the link I have attached in relation to British crime statistics. How accurate they are I don't know.
I do think that in these times we are more aware of crime, particularly violent crime, because of the wide media coverage that we now have.
I also think that PCSO's are no substitute for real police officers. I'm sure that the PCSO's do a good job, however they have limited powers and were introduced by the government purely as policing on the cheap (probably to free up funds so that the government can give themselves another bumper pay rise!!!!)..
http://www.crimestatistics.org.uk/
2007-09-27 04:22:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Are you kidding? If this is true, then it seems pretty obvious that the record number of police is WHY violent crime is so low. More police means less crime.
2007-09-27 01:44:43 · answer #4 · answered by Mr. Taco 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
How right you are Bear!. PCSOs are cheap labour. The government's con to make us think there are more Officers on the streets. As far as I know these PCSOs have no more powers other than an ordinary citizen.
2007-09-27 07:08:51 · answer #5 · answered by flint 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Especially when the so called support officers don't actually have any powers to arrest anyone.
The usual sticking plasters!!
2007-09-27 09:39:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Do CSO really deal with violent crimes?
2007-09-27 01:40:38 · answer #7 · answered by k² 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aren't they all at the Conference in Brighton.
2007-09-27 01:39:48 · answer #8 · answered by elizadushku 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋