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Met delays decision on axing community support officers

THE Metropolitan Police Service announced a stay of execution yesterday for police community support officers (PCSOs).

All 1,000 officers were in line for the chop as the service strives to get on top of the £800 million cuts it is required to make by 2019.

But it has agreed to postpone the decision until at least December.

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