Devon and Cornwall Police
Police Community Support Officer
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Salary: £27,204 rising to £29,859 per annum + Excellent Benefits including Government Pension Location: Hybrid working or location of the job Closing Date: Midday 06 November 2026 Hours per week: This role is 37 hours per week. However, we welcome applications from individuals wishing to work on a part-time basis and we are willing to consider flexible working patterns subject to business need.
About the role:
The primary role of a PCSO in Devon and Cornwall is to provide a regular and effective presence to their local community and to prioritise their demands and resources to ensure effective and efficient proportionate delivery of a neighbourhood policing service. They need to prevent, reduce and detect low-level problems within their community whilst also providing high levels of engagement with them. In addition, the role also requires them to:
- Manage the intelligence led identification of community concerns and prompt effective targeted action against those concerns, by the application of the force community engagement policy.
- Ensure joint action and problem solving with communities and other local partners – to improve the local environment and quality of life within communities.
- Ensure a consistent presence of dedicated Neighbourhood Policing Teams (NPTs) capable of working with the community to establish and maintain control – to be visible, accessible, skilled, knowledgeable and familiar to the community.
- 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. Thereby supporting the delivery of the strategic aims of ensuring that our communities are ‘listened to, understood, informed, protected and safe’.
- PCSOs form an integral part of NPTs across the force and will help deliver the objectives of the team within the framework of the PCSO Deployment Policy, and Neighbourhood Policing role requirement.
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The Police Community Support Officer (PCSO) recruitment process is being run to support a number of planned intake dates with the Force. The current available start dates are:
- 12 October 2026
- 02 November 2026
- 07 December 2026
- 11 January 2027
- 08 February 2027
- 08 March 2027
As part of the recruitment process, candidates will be considered for the earliest suitable intake date based on their progress through each stage of the process and the successful completion of all pre-employment checks. We understand that individual circumstances and availability may vary, and we will work with candidates wherever possible to identify the most appropriate intake date from those available.
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25/09 - 12:30-13:30
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07/10 - 17:30-18:30
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Please click on the 'Apply' button to be taken to the vacancy on our website for further information about the role including the role profile.
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What you get if you join us:
If you work for us, you will get access to:
- A competitive salary with yearly increments.
- 25 days a year leave entitlement, with an increase to 30 days after 5 years continuous employment, plus bank holidays (pro-rata for part time employees).
- Access to heavily subsidised gym membership that will provide you access to police site gyms throughout the counties.
- Access to the Blue Light Card Scheme for discounts and services (requires a one-off payment of £5).
- Company sick pay.
- Competitive local government pension scheme.
- Job related equipment, as required.
- Free onsite parking at many police sites throughout the counties.
- Access to Group insurance scheme (via salary sacrifice scheme).
- Support networks, free Employees' Assistance Programme, Occupational Health and wellbeing services.
- Development and training opportunities.
- Supportive and flexible training plan, including regular check-ins throughout your initial period of joining us to ensure you are up to speed with the role and getting the support you need.
- Flexitime, with the ability to undertake your hours flexibly and in line with business need.
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