One in three Police Community Support Officers have already gone in England, along with one in five police staff […]
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Just this morning came news that three Midlands police forces are considering outsourcing their control room and have asked private security firm G4S to […]
The report, Crossing the Line – Police support volunteers: rising numbers and mission creep – is based on responses to Freedom of […]
There was no lying on sun-loungers for UNISON or many of our members involved in key struggles at work
The number of police officers on our streets – so called bobbies on the beat – are frequently covered in the media. But we hear less about how many police staff those officers have working with them.
Keen to encourage people to vote in the police and crime commissioner elections on 5 May, UNISON is launching a campaign to provide the public […]
“The government is trying to get policing on the cheap, when instead it should be funding police forces properly. This is no way to fill the gaps created by the loss of the 5,000 paid PCSOs who […]
To mark the 20th anniversary of the police community support officer, three PCSOs describe the pleasures and challenges of being the force’s ‘eyes and ears on the street’
“We join with those demanding – yet again – that the faith of Black communities in the police, courts, prison or probation must be built on foundations of anti-racism, fairness and decency. We […]
Unions publish joint claim which also calls for two lowest pay points to be deleted