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  I posted the extract from the River parish council website so people could stop nitpicking about who pays for what and maybe get back to the initial topic.
  
  It's clear enough - River by it's population size qualifies for half a PCSO under whatever rules decide such things, paid for from our taxes to Kent Constabulary through the council tax process, and the parish council have decided to bring that up to full time by using funds from their precept which also comes through the council tax process. It's up to the residents of River to decide whether that's a good use of their parish precept and they've had the chance to comment on that.
  
  What's interesting to me is why River consider it necessary - is it due to a lack of general policing, or due to their situation as a village but actually being physically a suburb of Dover and all that implies. Living just a couple of miles away in Lydden is a totally different atmosphere, being smaller everyone knows who is who, looks out for what's going on, and there's generally a lot of respect for neighbours. It also has the disadvantage that whenever anyone coughs (polite euphemism) the whole village knows.

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