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

From BBC • Nov. 25, 2025

Cleveland Police has assigned a community support officer and increased patrols.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2022

He added on non-match days the same area was virtually deserted and was policed by "one police community support officer as part of his wider beat".

From BBC • Jul. 10, 2012

It was in the hands of a community support officer.

From The Guardian • Apr. 8, 2011

His artworks-cum-social experiments include impersonating a part-time police community support officer and replicating/ripping off work by such strange bedfellows as romantic minimalist Cerith Wyn Evans and painter Karel Appel.

From The Guardian • Jan. 15, 2011

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