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PCSnow Watch

05 February 2009
Following reports in The Telegraph this week that UK Police forces have spent more than £20,000 on cardboard cut-outs of uniformed officers Office Of Community Sousveillance has responded with its own PCSnOw WATCH officers placed around Nottingham city. “At a fraction of the cost we can create the impression at first glance of a ‘visible presence’ being on duty, which hopefully also reduces the perception of fear of crime.” claims Officer Rob O’Copp.


 According to The Telegraph newspaper, Police figures show that forces across the country have spent more than £20,000 on the flat-pack PCs. West Midlands police said it had ordered 80 cardboard constables at a cost of just over £10,000. In Derbyshire, £6,650 was spent over the past two years on a "substantial number" of cut-outs. 
"The theory is that it creates the impression at first glance of a capable guardian being on site, which hopefully also reduces the perception of fear of crime," said a Derbyshire police spokesman. A survey using the Freedom of Information Act revealed that 13 forces in England and Wales have used cardboard officers. 



Rank-and-file officers, however, questioned the wisdom of spending police funds on fake officers. Simon Reed, vice-chairman of the Police Federation, said: "While I appreciate that money may be tight for policing, this does seems a drastic solution to avoid paying any salary and pension costs. 

Plainclothes PCSnOw officers will be out on duty in your neighbourhood until the weather warms up.