West Mercia Police Community Support Officer Aidan Goundry believes introducing a limited promotion framework for PCSOs could help forces to retain experience and local engagement; he’s also preparing to embark on an international charity project delivering ambulances to The Gambia, as he explained to Policing Insight Publisher Bernard Rix during a recent leg of the Policing Friendship Walking Tour.
The Policing Friendship Walking Tour is taking Bernard across the British Isles – where he is hoping to visit all police forces – before then taking the Tour around the world. The Tour raises awareness and money for policing charities, and those Bernard talks and walks with can nominate a charity or charities of their choice to be supported. As his chosen charities, Aidan has nominated Cystic Fibrosis Care, and also the National Police Aid Charity.