Whats involved in being a police services officer, or PSO?
Mulligan: People mostly see us most doing parking. But we actually do a whole lot more. Because we’re not sworn we can’t do everything officers do. But we do everything to assist an officer. We do a lot of traffic control, crime scene investigation. We do the front counter. One of the police service officers manages the property and evidence room. Our PSOs (police services offices) are on SWAT team, and they do IT and first aid. We also install car seats. We’ve also found stolen cars and lost cars, lost people. We’ve helped with the apprehension of criminals …. Lots of times we’re the first on the scene of a traffic accident. We do all these other things that really help our community. How many PSOs are on duty per day? Lorenzi: It varies. Some days are light. There could be one or two on duty. There could he as many as four. Two to three is the average. Sometimes it’s event driven. Sometimes it’s seasonable: Christmas time, of course. The end of the week is busier than the end of the
