Just watching the opening credits made me cough up my dinner and I spluttered continuously until the credits rolled. I don't really know where to start with the bizarreness of the training regime they are put through... I am not sure how making PCSOs punt each other round the head is good preparation for coffee mornings, local meetings, reassurance visits and house to house. I can only assume the slightly dappy training bod has made up some dramatic training to try and keep people watching. Reeks of the stuffy Home office as well... anyone notice how long the intro is in an effort to explain who they are and what they do? A new force in town? Please!
Also how pervy is young male recruit searching the female? Why does he have to fondle her bare flesh? Actually I think I can work that out....
The second episode filled me with even more despair as the PCSOs encountered broken windows, a small lost child and also some naughty youths. Although I did have to laugh that a little scally tried to steal one of the PCSOs hats and it was somehow a 'bit of a laugh' for the PCSO involved. My reaction would have been to drag the little shit off the nearby wall take him to the ground and promptly nick him....
All in all a complete frustration - I entirely support the police federation in that the experiment is a complete failure and that there are excellent police officers out there that could fill the role and be a proper deterrent.
Please
Call
Some
Officers....
http://youtube.com/watch?v=J_yijV-hMWQ
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They are a mixed bunch and they don't seem as good as some of the ones I have met.
Can one 'fail' PCSO training?
A PCSO that pats kids on the head and smiles at old ladies is all well and good, but what is required on the streets are PCSOS (possibly ex military) that can create a presence and can 'kick ass' both figuratively and literally.
Somehow I don't think that was Home Office funded. Why publish footage of thick-as-s't PCSOs unable to deal with two kiddys??
If it was "Beat: Life On The Streets", ITV and the Home Office are in hot water because the series was fully funded by the Home Office, which wasn't made clear, and is against the Ofcom Guidelines.
http://www.ofcom.org.uk/tv/obb/prog_cb/obb126/issue26.pdf
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