community support officer

noun

1. 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 CSO

Example Sentences

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

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"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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A Police Community Support Officer has been filmed refusing to respond to an alleged assault in a supermarket.

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A man who murdered police community support officer Julia James while she was out walking her dog has been jailed for life.

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