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Pros And Cons Of Pcso's

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One reason that this legislation has not entirely been effective is that the introduction of PCSO’s has proven to be a costly initiative that is not always useful. PCSO’s do save the police time by dealing with minor crimes that much is not in dispute but the fact is that PCSO’s do not have the full powers of a constable. One advantage of PCSO’s is that they are able to deal with minor crimes such as anti-social behaviour which gives the police more time to deal with more serious offences. One disadvantage of PCSO’s is that they do not have the full powers of a constable and as a result it would be more efficient to just employ more police constables who would have full police powers instead of hiring PCSO’s. Because of this “The Norfolk constabulary …show more content…

An act sometimes has to be amended in order to change with the society that it’s been implemented into. An act also sometimes has to be made or amended in order to protect people in our society. An example of this is the Married Women's Property Act. This act was first introduced in 1870. It allowed women to be the legal owners of money they earned, and to inherit property. Prior to this Act, everything a woman owned or earned became her husband's property when she married. Revisions in 1882 and 1893 extended married women's rights. The 1964 revision allowed married women to keep half of any savings they'd made from the allowance paid to them by their husbands. This gave women a little more financial independence, but also provided official recognition that many women were still dependent on their husbands for their income in the first place. another example of this is the Race Relations Act 1968.The Race Relations Act 1968 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom making it illegal to refuse housing, employment, or public services to a person on the grounds of colour, race, ethnic or national origins. This act was then amended by the race relations amendment act of 2000 which was then repealed in 2010 to make way for the equality

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