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Police Community Support Officers

Asked by Shaun DaviesLabourHome OfficeTabled Answered 29 April 2025UIN 45983

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who the longest serving police community support officer is in each police force; and what steps her Department is taking to recognise long service of police community support officers.

Answered by Dame Diana Johnson

The Home Office does not publish information on the length of service of PCSOs.

The Home Office will consider any proposal for national long service recognition for Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs).

It is only right that we recognise the commitment shown by PCSOs across the country and whose roles are undeniably at the sharp end of policing, diffusing community tensions and providing visible policing presence in our communities.

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