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PCSOs do not reduce crime: report

A "warts and all" report has shown little reduction in crime since more than 300 PCSOs started pounding the county's streets.

In fact, in some areas where there isn't a Police Community Support Officer there is a GREATER fall in crime!

The interim report presented to the Kent Police Authority on Wednesday reviewed the role of the officers, who first patrolled Kent and Medway in 2002.

It showed:

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