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Post by johnofgwent on Jul 14, 2023 13:36:19 GMT
I never forgave Blunkett for his biometric bollocks especially as it was said later he had shares in the company. The shares he bought were nothing to do with biometrics. They were in a company providing DNA paternity tests. Which, given Mr Blunkett's own, somewhat tangled, personal life probably saved him a few bob along the way. On the main subject, Sergeant Eldest Son quite likes having PCSOs around. They can do a lot of the otherwise time consuming follow up work, and thus free up highly paid and trained coppers - and their local intelligence can come in pretty handy, too. They're only as useful as the person telling them what to do, remember.. the problem then surely is their deployment in scenarios they have no powers, or no training, to handle |
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Post by The Squeezed Middle on Jul 14, 2023 13:39:52 GMT
The shares he bought were nothing to do with biometrics. They were in a company providing DNA paternity tests. Which, given Mr Blunkett's own, somewhat tangled, personal life probably saved him a few bob along the way. On the main subject, Sergeant Eldest Son quite likes having PCSOs around. They can do a lot of the otherwise time consuming follow up work, and thus free up highly paid and trained coppers - and their local intelligence can come in pretty handy, too. They're only as useful as the person telling them what to do, remember.. the problem then surely is their deployment in scenarios they have no powers, or no training, to handle That's exactly the problem. In London, they have practically no powers and are effectively window dressing.
In the counties, they often have more powers but are then used inappropriately in situations which should properly be the preserve of actual police officers ie they are policing on the cheap.
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