16 yr old PCSO's

[mel]

Thames Valley police currently have 2 x 16 year old Community Support Officers in training who very soon will be out there with the authority to confiscate alcohol from under 18's, issue minor traffic tickets, and a multitude of other powers. Even though they are not legally old enough to drink, to drive, or to vote! Is this right?

[paulsm]

no

[MK4 Slowride]

Bit too young to be 'out there' imo.

[Marki]

Most ing stupid thing i have heard for a long time

[Mr_annie_vxr]

mel said:

Thames Valley police currently have 2 x 16 year old Community Support Officers in training who very soon will be out there with the authority to confiscate alcohol from under 18's, issue minor traffic tickets, and a multitude of other powers. Even though they are not legally old enough to drink, to drive, or to vote! Is this right?

Are you sure about this?

[MK4 Slowride]

Mr_annie_vxr said:

mel said:

Thames Valley police currently have 2 x 16 year old Community Support Officers in training who very soon will be out there with the authority to confiscate alcohol from under 18's, issue minor traffic tickets, and a multitude of other powers. Even though they are not legally old enough to drink, to drive, or to vote! Is this right?

Are you sure about this?

I've seen it on the news this morning also. Quite a hardcore job to do for someone of their age & experience. I'm quite sure the other kids will tell them where to go if eg: they were asked to stop drinking in public.

[Marki]

Mr_annie_vxr said:

mel said:

Thames Valley police currently have 2 x 16 year old Community Support Officers in training who very soon will be out there with the authority to confiscate alcohol from under 18's, issue minor traffic tickets, and a multitude of other powers. Even though they are not legally old enough to drink, to drive, or to vote! Is this right?

Are you sure about this?

Im afraid he is , it was all over the BBC Breakfast prog this morning

I really should stop watching it as it regularly has my piss up to boiling point before 7 am

Edited by Marki on Monday 13th August 10:04

[Mr_annie_vxr]

Marki said:

Mr_annie_vxr said:

mel said:

Thames Valley police currently have 2 x 16 year old Community Support Officers in training who very soon will be out there with the authority to confiscate alcohol from under 18's, issue minor traffic tickets, and a multitude of other powers. Even though they are not legally old enough to drink, to drive, or to vote! Is this right?

Are you sure about this?

Im afraid he is , it was all over the BBC Breakfast prog this morning

I really should stop watching it as it regularly has my piss up to boiling point before 7 am

Edited by Marki on Monday 13th August 10:04

It cannot be as starightforward as that. There must be something else in the mix with regards it. 16 yr old pcso's would be against the grain.

[Munter]

Well every army needs cannon fodder..... Theres no point an expensive/experianced PC getting stabbed/beaten up when a 16yo PCSO will do just as well at a fraction of the cost....

[Plotloss]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uklatest/story/0,,-68455...

Apologies for quoting an unreliable news source.

Heres hoping their first job will be at the Jolly Londoner in Slough.

Absurd.

Edited by Plotloss on Monday 13th August 10:09

[esselte]

Mr_annie_vxr said:

Marki said:

Mr_annie_vxr said:

mel said:

Thames Valley police currently have 2 x 16 year old Community Support Officers in training who very soon will be out there with the authority to confiscate alcohol from under 18's, issue minor traffic tickets, and a multitude of other powers. Even though they are not legally old enough to drink, to drive, or to vote! Is this right?

Are you sure about this?

Im afraid he is , it was all over the BBC Breakfast prog this morning

I really should stop watching it as it regularly has my piss up to boiling point before 7 am

Edited by Marki on Monday 13th August 10:04

It cannot be as starightforward as that. There must be something else in the mix with regards it. 16 yr old pcso's would be against the grain.

From the BeeB

[Mr_annie_vxr]

Cannot help but think there is more to this plan that as straight PCSO's.

[mel]

Do the Met still have 16 year old Police Cadets? I haven't seen any for years or have they just given them the same uniform so you don't notice them so much? Didn't they used to have very limited powers and have to have a "proper copper" holding their hands?

[esselte]

Mr_annie_vxr said:

Cannot help but think there is more to this plan that as straight PCSO's.

Such as?

[tigger1]

esselte said:

Mr_annie_vxr said:

Cannot help but think there is more to this plan that as straight PCSO's.

Such as?

Fiddling unemployment statistics?
Quoting an increase in police numbers "on the streets"?

[Mr_annie_vxr]

esselte said:

Mr_annie_vxr said:

Cannot help but think there is more to this plan that as straight PCSO's.

Such as?

Employed in relation to a specific need/ project idea.

[mel]

Don't they still have dinner ladies to do playground patrols?

[Mr_annie_vxr]

mel said:

Don't they still have dinner ladies to do playground patrols?

Could be in relation to young males say 10-14 on an estate that need positive male involvement. Or positive male role models rather than negative ones.

[Plotloss]

Mr_annie_vxr said:

mel said:

Don't they still have dinner ladies to do playground patrols?

Could be in relation to young males say 10-14 on an estate that need positive male involvement. Or positive male role models rather than negative ones.

I'm sure the average sink estate 10-14 year old will have the attitude 'So you're a PCSO, how cool'

The powers that be cant be that naiive, surely?

[Mr_annie_vxr]

Plotloss said:

Mr_annie_vxr said:

mel said:

Don't they still have dinner ladies to do playground patrols?

Could be in relation to young males say 10-14 on an estate that need positive male involvement. Or positive male role models rather than negative ones.

I'm sure the average sink estate 10-14 year old will have the attitude 'So you're a PCSO, how cool'

The powers that be cant be that naiive, surely?

No but the approach they use may be different, for example getting them to set up local football teams, spending time with them not always in a uniform but as a bridge between them and the police.