PCSOs and plastic flamingoes, cont.

From the Telegraph:

Two community support officers resorted to locking themselves in a room when confronted by an aggressive 13-year-old, before calling the police to rescue them, it has emerged.
The part-time Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) were summoned to a disturbance in a referral centre for juveniles, but instead of taking the situation in hand they were forced to hide when the teenager became abusive.

For more on why PCSOs are like plastic flamingoes, see my article: “Flamingoes, police, and the illusion of safety“.

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