by Ron DeLord | Sep 14, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions, United Kingdom
Britain’s biggest police force is considering scrapping all 1,000 of its community support officers (PCSOs) as part of an £800m budget reduction drive. The move by the Metropolitan Police would be the single biggest cut in civilian officers anywhere in the country....
by rondelord | Jun 8, 2015 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions, United Kingdom
Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, has warned fat officers there is no place for them on the force. Britain’s most senior policeman said when the public and other officers called for help they did not expect someone to come “waddling...
by rondelord | Sep 6, 2014 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions, United Kingdom
ENGLAND – PCSOs are being used to carry out the duties of warranted police officers and pressed into action to investigate crimes such as assaults and burglaries – resulting in no further action being taken. A report by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of...
