UNISON has welcomed news that the majority of the external funding partners for some 170 plus Police Community Support Officers have found the funding within their severely and savagely cut […]
Labour councillors back retention of Police Community Support Officers
Local Labour councillors have joined those pressing for the jobs of Police Community Support Officers in the Lancaster and Morecambe district to be protected from public spending cuts. Next Wednesday’s […]
Some Community Support Officers jobs saved for next two years
Trade Union UNISON has welcomed news that funding for Police Community Support Officers is to be kept for the next two years, after fears all of Lancashire’s officers would lose […]
CCTV to be cut in Lancaster and Morecambe?
Lancaster and Morecambe may lose some of its CCTV coverage as well as its Police Community Support Officers as part of new savings the Council will need to make as […]
Local Greens condemn Lancashire Constabulary proposal to sack PCSOs
Local Green Party councillors are urging the Lancashire Police Authority not to dismiss all of Lancashire’s Police Community Support Officers to make savings cuts. As we reported last week, the […]
Morecambe MP calls for alternative to possible job cuts to Police Community Support Officers
Hot on the heels of Lancashire Constabulary’s announcement of possible redundancies for all Police Community Support Officers in the county (see news story), Morecambe and Lunesdale MP David Morris has […]
Cuts Casualties? All PCSOs placed ‘at risk’ by Lancashire Constabulary
After the government’s massive cuts announcements earlier this week, the real and potential casualties of the Comprehensive Spending Review are already beginning to rise, with all Lancashire’s Police Community Support […]