IS PCSO worth coming to?

[Unregistered]

A recruiter recently told me 2-3years experience but not over 3 will be starting at 49k which is not what was previously stated here

Bad info and lies on LEO Affairs. OMG that can't be so!!!!!!!!!!!!! Do us all a favor and go apply somewhere else if you are that stupid to think the best place to get info is a blog.

[Unregistered]

As with any department. We have our drama too. It's what you put into it and how much, child like behavior you can deal with. Everyone's has a different opinion about this place and those that have to work with and around. If you can leave the drama at the door at the end of your shift and not take it home with you. It's not a bad place. Many think this is the best place to work. Many say it's the worst, yet they are still employed here. Asking for opinions on here. You'll get all types of feedback. Most are based on personal negativity, they were dealt, one time or another. Those as it's been put that are in the friends and family plan. Will say this place is where to be. As with any Sheriff's department. It's all about the election. Promises will be made and maybe full filled. Truthfully, there's no easy or correct answer. On how this place is. It what you can deal with and let the rest roll off your shoulders.

[Deputy2u]

PCSO is a disgrace. We make the paper at least every few weeks due to retaining people that should have never been hired in the first place . If your looking to work at a place that promotes DUI, Sex on Duty , Drug Usage including weed and steroids , lying in your reports , unauthorized pursuits, road rage, downtown brawlin and you live with a known stripper/ prostitiute than this is the place for you. Go talk to the Dunedin Chamber of commerce and ask them who broke there plate glass window. They will speak highly of the deputies involved. Also, if your a pedophile, peeping tom, wife beater or on the sex offender registry you might get a hiring bonus.

Sounds like a disgruntled jail HACK!!!

[Unregistered]

If no other agency will hire you because of your checkered past or you were fired from another PD than PCSO is the place to be. It's full of bad cops they won't fire, and a majority of the deputies are under 25 with zero experience. We are an embarrassment as we make the news on a weekly basis with some deputy getting arrested , or fired. Welcome aboard!!!!

[Unregistered]

Sounds like a disgruntled jail HACK!!!

Funny because most of that dirt happened on the patrol side. Aside from the on duty sex scandal involving the jail sergeants most of the media entertainment and embarrassment is provided by the mighty patrol deputies and their supervisors.

The only way to remove these stories from the media is to greatly relax or terminate the agency rules on marital infidelity, sex on duty, DUI, lying, use of force cover-ups, drug/steroid usage and domestic battery. Corruption is already tacitly ignored so that one does not need to be addressed.

[Unregistered]

Notice cops in fla don't have beards or goatees, not a big deal but where I work we can guess fla is different oh well ill shave it off if hired

[Unregistered]

Look elsewhere, no COLA here. You will quickly fall behind after a few years of receiving a total raise of $700-$900 a year.

[Unregistered]

Run, run as fast as you can and don't look back!

[Unregistered]

I'll be retired from the feds, so COLA are over maybe I'll get one as a retiree maybe not. I'm told by some fla LEO'S that they don't like retired cops coming to their agencies, any truth to that or just alot of bs?