community support officer

British

noun

CSO. a uniformed officer who is not a member of the police force but who has certain powers to be exercised in supplementing the role of the police, esp crowd control, tackling anti-social behaviour, etc

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A former police community support officer has said the "heart-breaking" task of taking vulnerable children to a police station opened his eyes to the strain on the care system.

From BBC

Mr Akhtar, 28, began his career with South Wales Police as a Police community support officer in Cardiff in October 2021.

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A Police Community Support Officer was guarding the scene and people living a few doors down said they were "shocked".

From BBC

"They're literally asking us to chase them," says Police Community Support Officer Mark Thomas who is in the passenger seat as we go out on patrol.

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Police Community Support Officer CSO Iwan Owen said whoever took them from Blackwood Lane last weekend came prepared.

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