Police Community Support Officers – their role explained

We often get asked about the difference between Police Constables and Police Community Support Officers. PCSO’s are uniformed staff whose role is to support the work of police officers within the community in Neighbourhood Policing Teams. They are a vital part of these teams and a large part of their role is to patrol in communities and work with organisations like the local councils to tackle the menace of anti-social behaviour.

PCSO’s do not have the same powers of arrest as police officers, although they do have the right to detain suspected offenders for up to thirty minutes until a police officer arrives. They also are able to give tickets for certain offences such as parking and littering. You can find out more about the role of a PCSO on our website.

PCSO’s Your Questions Answered

We are offering you the chance to have your say on PCSOs and to give us your views, or ask us any questions you might have about their policing role and powers. If you would like to take part in the discussion, simply submit your question or comment to us using the questions link at the bottom of this message.

The closing date for this discussion is the 3rd of June 2010. The answers to all your questions as well as any comments we have received will be posted on the site from the 26th of June 2010.

Kind regards

Cambridgeshire Constabulary.

http://www.cambs.police.uk/recruitment/pcso/questions.asp

http://www.cambs.police.uk/recruitment/pcso/ 

Dear Residents

You will all have noticed an increase in problems with pot holes since the severe weather hit us in December. Whilst we encourage you to report pot holes to us if you think there is a real danger to road users, if it is something that simply needs to be flagged up for the County Council to repair, then there is an online reporting form, or you can call the council directly.

This is the message from our partners at Cambridgeshire County Council:

Cambridgeshire County Council - Contact details to report Pot holes.

Recent freezing weather conditions have led to an increase in potholes across the county and teams of maintenance staff have been sent out to deal with them.
Many potholes have now been fixed, or we are already aware of them and they are on our schedule to be repaired.
However, the County Council need your help to find the location of potholes in your area that we may not know about.
Please report Highways defects as follows and we will do our best to resolve them.

You can report on-line by using the following link: https://forms.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/customer/servlet/ep.app?ut=X&type=259830

Or telephone the County Council Contact Centre on 0345 045 5212

Regards

Neighbourhood Policing Team

Police enhancement access line (PEAL)

There is a dedicated phone number for people with communication difficulties.

The police enhancement access line (PEAL) is available 24 hours a day for non-emergency calls for anyone who has a communication difficulty.

Those wanting to use the system must register first to ensure their details are already in the system.  They will then be given the dedicated number
which allow them to contact specially trained call taker.

The scheme can be used for all non-emergency calls.  In the event of an emergency people should always call 999.

For more information about the scheme contact the police service centre on 0345 456 456 4 or visit the force website – www.cambs.police.uk.

To contact the police:

In an emergency dial 999

For non-emergency dial 0345 456 456 4

Crimestoppers 0800 555 111 (Anonymous reporting option available.)

Always ask for an Incident Reference Number and feedback if you need it.

Request for police Neighbourhood Policing Team  (NPT) Assistance

To email the NPT about an incident, send to ecops.mordens@cambs.pnn.police.uk
These NPT Officers may be off-duty , on leave or on training for several days.

Only use these contacts for non-urgent information. Do not use them for first contact
reporting of incidents .

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