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Total Votes : 56 No, I am still waiting to be issued with it  3%  [ 2 ] No, apparently our force do not get body armour for PCSOs!  21%  [ 12 ] Yes, I was issued with body armour within 2 weeks of joining  37%  [ 21 ] Yes but it took over 2 weeks but less than 2 months to give me it  10%  [ 6 ] Yes but it took over 2 months to issue me with it  26%  [ 15 ] Well we can use body armour from a store, we don't have personal issue  0%  [ 0 ] PCSO to CBO ? Would you like a promotion or task assigned to you? Total Votes : 12 Yes?  83%  [ 10 ] No?  8%  [ 1 ] Rather stay as i am  8%  [ 1 ] Most funniest use of swear words by public Should we be able to issue section 5 public order warnings? Total Votes : 9 Yes  88%  [ 8 ] No  0%  [ 0 ] Rather walk away than get involved  11%  [ 1 ] OFFICER SAFETY TRAINING: handcuffs, baton, CS Spray have YOU been trained in OST techniques? Total Votes : 13 yes I have been OST trained but I do NOT agree PCSOs should be OST trained  0%  [ 0 ] yes I have been OST trained and I DO agree PCSOs should be OST trained  61%  [ 8 ] no I have not been OST trained but I DO agree that PCSOs should be OST trained  38%  [ 5 ] no I have not been OST trained and I say that PCSOs should NOT be OST trained  0%  [ 0 ] PCSOs' sickness has TRIPLED!! Did YOU go sick ? have you reported sick in the last 12 months? Total Votes : 26 yes but my sickness days are less than 5 for the year  23%  [ 6 ] yes but my sickness days are less than 10 for the year  7%  [ 2 ] yes but my sickness days are less than 15 for the year  3%  [ 1 ] yes and my sickness days are more than 15 for the year  11%  [ 3 ] no I haven't  53%  [ 14 ] :shock: Hat Bands !!! All PCSOs should have chequered hat bands Total Votes : 87 Yes they should - immediately  81%  [ 71 ] Well 2 forces have them for PCSOs already, that's enough as it is  1%  [ 1 ] No PCSOs should be allowed them, should be for PCs only  6%  [ 6 ] I don't know, whatever the Chief Constable decides is fine with me  10%  [ 9 ] PCSOs. Are you wearing your high vis??? Are you told to wear your hi vis (yellow) jackets while on patrol? Total Votes : 45 Yes but only in the winter, otherwise we can choose.  4%  [ 2 ] Yes we have to wear them winter and at night.  11%  [ 5 ] No, we don't have to wear them, it's left up to us.  40%  [ 18 ] Yes the whole time, summer winter, day and night!  44%  [ 20 ] Should PCSOs have a RANK STRUCTURE? Do you think that PCSOs should get a rank structure? Total Votes : 57 No, we do not need a rank structure.  22%  [ 13 ] Yes, what about a military rank system, L/Cpl, Cpl, Sgt, S/SGT  5%  [ 3 ] Yes, I prefer the fire brigade ranks e.g Leading Firefighter  17%  [ 10 ] No, but Special Priority Payments could reward the best PCSOs instead  3%  [ 2 ] Yes, but I would prefer service ranks, 1 stripe for 1 year, 2 stripes at 2 years  19%  [ 11 ] Yes, the ranks used by Special Constables could be passed to us  31%  [ 18 ] snack bar if I'm feeling real peckish I would Total Votes : 3 get a lovely bar of chocolate  0%  [ 0 ] do nothing, I can wait for my next main meal  0%  [ 0 ] just have a cigarette, smoking is a small vice to contend with  33%  [ 1 ] eat some sweets, I have a sweet TOOTH!!  0%  [ 0 ] eat some FRUIT! Apples or oranges, something like that  0%  [ 0 ] eat some nuts mate, NUTS RULE!!  33%  [ 1 ] get some savoury down my neck, crisps, Quavers something like that  0%  [ 0 ] unroll some chewing gum, that staves off the pangs of hunger  33%  [ 1 ] go to the freezer, any ice cream does me at snack time  0%  [ 0 ] grab a sandwich e.g delicious chicken sandwich  0%  [ 0 ] PCSO to Regular Hpw many people use the PCSO's as a stepping stone to the Regs? Total Votes : 23 Yes, i see joining the PCSO's as a stepping stone  78%  [ 18 ] No, i am happy as a PCSO.  21%  [ 5 ] How are you treated by your Police colleagues the support and acknowledgement from constables at my station Total Votes : 8 is very disappointing, I get the feeling they do not like PCSOs  12%  [ 1 ] was pretty disappointing to begin with, but now I see things are improving  12%  [ 1 ] is generally ok, one or two PCs are unhelpful but the rest are fine  12%  [ 1 ] has always been A1! The PCs really do seem to like us being around, no problem at all!  62%  [ 5 ] is 50/50. Half of the PCs seem to like us but the other half don't give us the time of day  0%  [ 0 ] changes day to day. one day ok another terrible  0%  [ 0 ] why why oh why (come on england) were we robbed Total Votes : 2 yes  50%  [ 1 ] no  0%  [ 0 ] we were rubbish  0%  [ 0 ] i dont care  50%  [ 1 ] MP calls for PCSOs to have "powers of ARREST" PCSOs SHOULD get powers of arrest Total Votes : 38 Yes these are needed now, too right  78%  [ 30 ] Yes and MP Wayne David should get the Nobel Peace Prize, he's brilliant  5%  [ 2 ] No PCSOs have sufficient powers already  7%  [ 3 ] I don't know, whatever parliament decides is fine with me  0%  [ 0 ] No and we do not need the 30 minute detention power either  7%  [ 3 ] Three strikes law is TEN YEARS OLD the "3 strikes law" should be Total Votes : 4 immediately brought into force in the UK  75%  [ 3 ] immediately brought into force worldwide  25%  [ 1 ] left in California where it started, it's too harsh  0%  [ 0 ] let parliament decide, whatever they decide is fine with me  0%  [ 0 ] don't rush it, another 10 years, we'll decide then, maybe  0%  [ 0 ] ignored in this country, we don't have enough prisons, simple as that  0%  [ 0 ] how is 12.5% shift allowance worked out? do you receive shift allowance? Total Votes : 14 no I don't, none at all  7%  [ 1 ] yes I do - I get 7% shift allowance  0%  [ 0 ] yes I do - I get 10% shift allowance  7%  [ 1 ] yes I do - I get 12.5% shift allowance  50%  [ 7 ] yes I do - I get 15% shift allowance  21%  [ 3 ] yes I do - I get 20% shift allowance  14%  [ 2 ] Help build a civil society should PCSOs be doing missing persons/ bail enqs/ curfew chks/victim support/ house to hse/ reparation schemes? Total Votes : 7 what a laugh, we already do all this now!  28%  [ 2 ] we don't do this currently and it is beyond our intended scope of duty, no we shouldn't  0%  [ 0 ] we don't do this currently but I think we should be doing these things yes  57%  [ 4 ] just lumber us with more and more until basically we're doing the same as PCs that's what I say  14%  [ 1 ] I don't care, whatever happens I still get the same money  0%  [ 0 ] Caught on the Underground Do you think we should be able to get free travel on Underground? Total Votes : 33 Yes  87%  [ 29 ] NO  0%  [ 0 ] I don't know, whatever parliament decides is fine with me  6%  [ 2 ] I DON'T CARE either way  6%  [ 2 ] Citizens Arrest have you ever made a citizen's ARREST ? Total Votes : 24 no, that is not the job of a PCSO, we should follow and report  0%  [ 0 ] no but if I do see an arrestable offence occur, I will  29%  [ 7 ] yes I have but it is beyond the remit of PCSOs actually  0%  [ 0 ] yes I have and PCSOs are perfectly entitled to do this  41%  [ 10 ] yes I have and it is THE DUTY of all PCSOs to do that  29%  [ 7 ] GZIP COMPRESSION GZIP COMPRESSION, these forums SHOULD have this enabled Total Votes : 1 No way, I see a deterioration in performance  0%  [ 0 ] Yes please, I see an immediate improvement  0%  [ 0 ] I see no difference at all so I don't care  100%  [ 1 ] Call for Police assistance. have you needed assistance from your police colleagues? Total Votes : 30 as yet I have not needed assistance, no  16%  [ 5 ] yes and when I called for assistance the result was unsatisfactory