Community Policing/Policing and Communities: Some Historical Perspectives
Policing, Volume 1, Number 2, Pp. 235-243
http://policing.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/1/2/235
Clive Emsley
"The concept of community policing was articulated towards the end of the twentieth century, but the ideas and practices that are brought together within the concept have run through the history of policing. Focussing primarily on the English experience, but drawing comparisons and contrasts from continental Europe, this essay explores some of these ideas and practices. In so doing it identifies myths still prevalent in the history of English policing and stresses that the articulation of the concept was the product of a particular political and social moment."
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‘Numties in Yellow Jackets': The Nature of Hostility Towards the Police Community Support Officer in Neighbourhood Policing Teams
Policing 2007 1(2):187-195
http://policing.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/extract/1/2/187
Bryn Caless
"Dr Bryn Caless is Director of Kent Police College and is responsible for the training of Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) for Kent Constabulary. In this article he considers the dichotomy between the hostility PCSOs have encountered from some within the police community and the positive findings on the role and effectiveness of the PCSO in published research."
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Scarecrows : Why giving the “plastic police” more powers could make them less effective / Economist, 27 September 2007
http://www.economist.com/world/britain/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9867746

'Keeping the Family Together'. Police Community Support Officers and the 'Police Extended Family' in London
Policing and Society, Volume 17, Issue 2 June 2007 , pages 119 - 140
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Les Johnston
"The Police Reform Act (2002) introduced police community support officers (PCSOs) into the service for the first time. The introduction of PCSOs has to be considered in the context of debates about security governance, since proponents see the initiative as a means of reconsolidating police sovereignty over policing. Obviously, in order for this sovereign project to be feasible, PCSOs have to be integrated successfully into their newly adopted 'family'. This paper is concerned with a number of organisational issues relating to the Police Community Support Officers integration. It draws upon research into PCSOs carried out in two London boroughs (Westminster and Camden) between October 2002 and December 2003."
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Community beat
Jane's Police Review, 12 September 2007
http://jpr.janes.com
"Police Review looks at the first group of officers nominated for the first ever Community Support Officer of the Year Award. Judges considered criteria including personal skills in adding value to their communities, local initiatives introduced and any demonstration of excellent working relationships with their communities."
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POLICE TRAINED TO SPOT ADHD IN TEENS / thisislincolnshire, 11 July 2007
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"Unruly teenagers will be examined for the signs of ADHD by police officers under a new scheme. Police community support officers in the Lincoln, Gainsborough and Market Rasen areas have been trained to recognise the signs of the condition."

Warning over use of CSOs in counter-terrorism operations
Jane's Police Review, 4 July 2007
http://jpr.janes.com
"POLICE managers must ensure that community support officers do not carry out patrols or search cars during the current terrorism alert, the police federation has warned. Julie Nesbit, chair of the Police Federation of England and Wales' constables' central committee, said it was 'vital' that only fully warranted officers carry out street patrols during the climate of heightened danger after the attempted car bombs attacks in London and Glasgow."
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'PCSOs are answer to rural crime' / icCheshireOnline, 1 June 2007
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Samantha Parker
"CRIME has been slashed in the year since police community support officers (PCSOs) were launched. Insp Phil Hodgson has urged other villages to follow the example of communities where PCSOs have proved effective."

Camden Town drugs crackdown hots up over the summer / Ham & High, 1 June 2007
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Haroon Siddique
"THIS summer will be the litmus test for whether anti-drug policies are working in Camden Town, according to the leader of the council.Camden Council has stumped-up £300,000 for 18 extra Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) to tackle the drugs market and 10 extra police officers are also joining the fight."

Protective Equipment for Police Community Support Officers – a postcode lottery in safety? : An analysis of Police Forces in England and Wales / Tom Watson MP, May 2007
PDF - http://tom-watson.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/PCSO%20report.pdf

Street-level view of community police / Yorkshire Post,
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Chris Bond
"While PCSOs were introduced to help combat the rise in anti-social behaviour, as the Yorkshire Post revealed earlier this week the numbers flouting Asbos ; the flagship Labour policy to combat crime ; are rising, and even force insiders have recently questioned the effectiveness of community support officers. The Kent Police Federation claimed plans to increase the numbers of PCSOs to deal with low-level crime would create a two-tier system within the force, condemning the move as nothing more than "policing on the cheap". Regular officers have expressed fears that experienced staff would be replaced by powerless novices with only a month's training under their belt."

New PCSOs speak the lingo / Peterborough Telegraph, 21 Feb 2007
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Kirsty Nicolson
"SPEAKING eight different languages between them, a new team of police community support officers (PCSOs) can reach just about every corner of the community. Between them, the team boasts an impressive CV of language skills including Polish, Hindi, Italian, French, Lithuanian, Russian, Punjabi and Malayalam."

Ticked off / The Star, Sheffield, 29 Jan 2007
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"Stefan Moverley ticked the wrong box and was subsequently suspended on full pay. A POLICE community support officer has been suspended on full pay costing the taxpayer more than £8,000 - because the wrong box was ticked on his car insurance application form. Stefan Moverley was arrested on suspicion of "gaining a pecuniary advantage" and removed from duties after his bosses discovered his insurance documents stated he was a policeman. Mr Moverley told The Star his only crime had been that a call centre worker at an insurance company ticked a box marked "police" for his occupation, when he was not a fully-fledged officer. He said: "When I took out the insurance they did not have an option for "PCSO" so the call handler said police officer would be the next most appropriate category." The company was advertised in a police magazine and gives the same reduction for all police staff, including support workers. I didn't get any extra discount."