Comments on: Flamingoes, police, and the illusion of safety http://www.sciencepunk.com/v5/2008/01/flamingoes-police-and-the-illusion-of-safety/ Kicking ass in the name of science! Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:09:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Frank the SciencePunk http://www.sciencepunk.com/v5/2008/01/flamingoes-police-and-the-illusion-of-safety/#comment-6807 Frank the SciencePunk Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:39:13 +0000 http://www.sciencepunk.com/v5/2008/01/flamingoes-police-and-the-illusion-of-safety/#comment-6807 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 <a href="http://www.sciencepunk.com/v5/2007/11/the-snow-crash-conundrum/" rel="nofollow">more dangerous</a> than the fires they limit. 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.

]]> By: Ian http://www.sciencepunk.com/v5/2008/01/flamingoes-police-and-the-illusion-of-safety/#comment-6806 Ian Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:47:22 +0000 http://www.sciencepunk.com/v5/2008/01/flamingoes-police-and-the-illusion-of-safety/#comment-6806 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'. 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’.

]]> By: Phil http://www.sciencepunk.com/v5/2008/01/flamingoes-police-and-the-illusion-of-safety/#comment-6793 Phil Tue, 22 Jan 2008 10:48:41 +0000 http://www.sciencepunk.com/v5/2008/01/flamingoes-police-and-the-illusion-of-safety/#comment-6793 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: <a href="http://www.policecouldyou.co.uk/pcso/benefits.html" rel="nofollow">PCSO</a> <a href="http://www.prospects.ac.uk/cms/ShowPage/Home_page/Explore_types_of_jobs/Types_of_Job/p!eipaL?state=showocc&idno=207&pageno=2" rel="nofollow">Police Officer</a> 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….

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PCSO
Police Officer

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