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January 21st, 2008

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3 Comments

  • 1. Phil  |  January 22nd, 2008 at 11:48 am

    Some quick and nasty figures, as obviously this doen’t include additional benfits and training costs, but a PCSO, or hobby bobby, earns a starting salary of £16 000. A proper copper earns £20 397 when they start training and £22,770 when they finish.

    Now, is a PCSO two thirds as effective as a Police Officer? Clearly not….

    Refs:
    PCSO
    Police Officer

  • 2. Ian  |  January 22nd, 2008 at 2:47 pm

    Funny, I was talking about this with someone earlier today. This country is run my insurance companies. Everyone wants to cover themself and not risk their job or getting sued. Ultimately I suppose it all comes down to good old human greed.

    From now on I shall refer to PCSOs as ‘plastic flamingoes’.

  • 3. Frank the SciencePunk  |  January 22nd, 2008 at 3:39 pm

    It’s not just the about a disinclination toward risk; it’s also about accepting solutions that don’t make us any safer.

    Much in the same way that flame retardant materials are probably more dangerous than the fires they limit.

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