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Hello:
You are invited to participate in my survey on the UK Police and use of non-police officers in traditional policing roles. It will only take approximately 10 minutes to complete the questionnaire.
Your participation in this study is completely voluntary. There are no foreseeable risks associated with this project which is totally indepedent from the police. The survey is being run to aid the completion of a dissertation. However, if you feel uncomfortable answering any questions, you can withdraw from the survey at any point. It is very important for me to learn your opinions.
Your survey responses will be stricly confidential and data from this research will be reported only in the aggregate. Your information will be coded and will remain confidential. If you have questions at any time about the survey or the procedures, you may contact me by email at the email address specified below.
Thank you very much for your time and support. Please start with the survey now by clicking on the Continue button below.
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| 1. Do you live in the United Kingdom? |
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| 2. Have you ever called the police, to report a crime, car crash etc? |
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| 3. Have you ever visted a police station? |
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| 4. Have you been the victim of a crime? |
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| (please tick ALL that apply)
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| 6. If you do NOT think the UK police do a good job, please select all the reasons why:- |
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| 7. Do you think there should be more officers patrolling the streets? |
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| 8. Do you think there should be more officers working behind the scenes, e.g. in squads dealing with criminal investigation, murder/homicide, computer fraud etc? |
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| 9. Do you think private security patrols are a good idea (e.g. where local communities fund private ‘unformed’ security companies to patrol the local streets) |
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The Government introduced Police Community Support Officers. These officers are not policemen, but have some police powers (e.g. the right to detain an individual for 30 minutes, to demand a name/address) and are employed by the local police purely to patrol areas such as city centres. The PCSOs have a distinctive uniform based on a regular officer, but with bright blue epaulettes, ties and bands around their hats.
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10. Have you heard of Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs)? |
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| 11. Does the use of PCSO seem a good idea? |
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| 12. Have you seen any PCSOs in your local area? |
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| 13. If you were stopped by a PCSO would give them the same respect as a police officer? |
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| 14. If you were stopped by a PCSO would you take them seriously? |
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| 15. Would you be comfortable dealing with a PCSO rather than a police officer if you were involved in a road traffic accident? |
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| 16. Would you be comfortable dealing with a PCSO rather than a police officer if you were the victim of a crime? |
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The Community Safety Accreditation Scheme (CSAS) enables the police to train and ‘accredit’ individuals working or local councils to undertake basic police tasks, such as issuing fines for dropping litter. The local council employees that will be accredited will be those working in the community such as dog wardens, street wardens and parking attendants/wardens.
These individuals would wear the uniform of their own employers and have a small lapel badge to denote there are accredited under the CSAS.
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17. Are you aware of the Community Safety Accreditation Scheme introduced under the Police Reform Act 2002? |
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| 18. Does the use of Accredited individuals seem a good idea? |
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| 19. Have you seen any Accredited people in your local area? |
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| 20. If an Accredited person asked you your name and address, would you give it to them? |
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21. If a police officer asked you your name and address, would you give it to them?
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| 22. If an Accredited person tried to give you a fixed penalty notice (a police fine) for dropping litter, would you accept it? |
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| 23. If a police officer tried to give you a fixed penalty notice (a police fine) for dropping litter, would you accept it? |
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| 24. If an Accredited person tried to detain you (they have powers to detain a person for 30 minutes), would you stay or walk away? |
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| 25. If a police officer tried to detain you, would you stay or walk away? |
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| Does the colour or style of Uniform affect your perception of authority ......
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| 26. If somebody dressed as a typical police officer (white shirt, black trousers, insignia, black helmet, black fleece/jumper) tried to detain you, how would you react:- |
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| 27. If somebody dressed similar to a typical police officer (white shirt, black trousers, insignia, black helmet, black fleece/jumper, bright blue tie, blue epaulettes and blue helmet band) tried to detain you, how would you react:- |
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| 28. If somebody dressed similar to a typical police officer (white shirt, black trousers, insignia, black cap, black jumper, bright red tie, red epaulettes and red helmet band) tried to detain you, how would you react:- |
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| 29. If somebody dressed in a different uniform (brown shirt, brown trousers, no hat, green jumper, dark brown tie) tried to detain you, how would you react:- |
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| Additional Comments/Suggestions regarding the use of Accredited individuals for certain policing tasks. | | |
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