Announcement: 26 October 2009
Police Community Support Officer Recruitment Campaign now
closed.
The recent campaign in anticipation of vacancies at various
locations across the County in March 2010 and late 2010/11 has now
closed.
As a result Dorset Police are currently not
inviting new applications for the above role.
Any further PCSO recruitment campaign is not
anticipated until the Summer of 2010. Full details of the
launch of any future campaigns will be published on this website,
which is regularly updated.
Please note that the number of applications issued in our
recruitment campaigns is restricted. Depending on our
resource requirements, we generally only run recruitment campaigns
every one to two years and these are held over a set period of time
when interested parties are able to register their interest in
receiving an application form on-line. (the period is generally
over a week) If the requests for applications (during the stated
period) exceed the limit, then a random selection method is applied
to decide which applicants will be sent a pack.
Alternatively, if the interest does not exceed the limit then those
who have made contact during the period will be issued with a pack
and the deadline for requesting applications may be extended until
the limit has been achieved.
Whilst we would like to be able to issue an
application to everyone who wishes to join as a PCSO, due to budgetary
restrictions this is not always
practical depending on the numbers involved. Resource
requirements required to deal with the subsequent marking,
assessment and associated administration would essentially result
in fewer officers on the beat. Whilst we appreciate the
disappointment that this may cause, I am sure you will be
supportive of the Force’s commitment to maximising front-line
resources to ensure that we continue to reduce crime and remain the
top force in the country for public confidence.
In the meantime please feel free to peruse our website for more
information relating to the role of the PCSO and
the recruitment process by following this link
>
Spend the time while you wait to apply for a post by improving
your skills, such as considering other work in your local
community, improving your IS skills and ensuring a good level
of fitness. Consider the opportunity of joining Dorset Police as a
Volunteer or Special Constable. Find out more using the links on
the left of this page.
Role - The primary role of a
PCSO in Dorset is to contribute to the policing
of neighbourhoods, primarily through highly visible uniformed cycle
or foot patrol, with the purpose of engaging and reassuring the
public, increasing orderliness in public places and being
accessible to communities and partner agencies, through joint
working at local level. In carrying out this role,
PCSO’s support the delivery of the force’s
strategic aims of ensuring that our communities are ‘listened to,
understood, informed, protected and safe’.
PCSOs also form an integral
part of Safer Neighbourhoods Teams across the force, and help to
deliver the objectives of the team within the framework of the
PCSO Deployment Policy, and Safer Neighbourhood
Team role requirement.
The full job
description is available here by following this link >
For further information in relation to the
role of PCSO please visit
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