Community Support Officers

Police Community Support Officers at Cleveland Police

Police Community Support Officers play an integral part in our effort to deliver the best possible policing service to our communities. They work alongside police officers to help make the local area a safer place to live, work, and visit. They also help us meet the increasing public demand for visible and accessible uniform patrols.

All community support officers are employed, managed, and directed by Cleveland Police and form part of the Cleveland policing family.

Becoming a Police Community Support Officer

To become a community support officer with Cleveland Police you will go through four key stages:

• Stage1 – Application Form
• Stage2 – Assessment Centre
• Stage3 – Medical examination and fitness test
• Stage4 – References and security checks

Community Support Officer Pay and Benefits

As a community support officer, you will be able to take advantage of a wide range of benefits. Community support officer pay is reviewed annually. Here are the figures for 2009/10: On commencing service £16,095; On completion of your initial training £17,550.

Recruitment at Cleveland Police

Currently, we are not recruiting for community support officers.

When we do recruit community support officers you can apply via www.policecouldyou.co.uk, (click to access) by downloading the community support officers national application pack.

Check both this site www.chooseclevelandpolice.co.uk and the police could you website www.policecouldyou.co.uk for potential community support officers vacancies over the forthcoming months.