Police Community Support Officers
Training
You will receive a comprehensive five-week training course based within the Greater Manchester area, which will give you the basic knowledge and skills to enable you to commence duties as a visible, high profile uniformed presence.
Your training will enable you to meet Force Priorities i.e:
- Reduce crime together with our partners
- Provide reassurance to our communities
- Provide an efficient and effective service
Sessions will include the following subjects:
- GMP structure
- Roles / responsibilities, overview.
- Diversity / professional standards / grievance
- Communication skills
- Conflict management
- Risk assessment
- Human rights / discretion
- PDP system
- Pocket Note book / evidence
- Property
- Criminal Justice System
- Offences (various)
- Public order & anti-social behaviour
- Fixed penalty notices
- First Aid
- Illness in the street / mental health
- Radio training / data protection
- Policing priorities / problem solving
- Crime scenes
- Crime prevention / reduction
- Crime recording (relevant offences and circumstances)
- Hate crime
- Court procedures and practical
- Major incidents
- Terrorism / searches
- Stop Account
- Vehicles, abandoned, stopping and seizing
Once on Division you will also receive a local induction and ad-hoc training to support the five week comprehensive training course.
