PCSOs Not Trained to Save Drowning Children

Originally Posted by The Wise Vivi

Sounds bizarre that Britain would have a type of fake police officer. Is it just a way to save money and give the public a false sense of safety or something?

In pretty much any part of Britain, the police have neither the money nor the manpower to do everything that they need to do. They certainly don't have the money to do the little things people used to expect like maintaining a visible police presense in your neighbourhood.

PCSOs are a solution to that... of sorts. They don't do any real good, but they make people feel better because they see a 'police' presense.

Jam it back in, in the dark.