Here in North Las Vegas PD, we are issued blue paramedic style pants and a bright red polo shirt with "CSO" and a badge with the words "civilian" above the badge (in case there was a POST certified CSO). The theory behind the red shirts is so that we will not be confused for officers, however, the shirts make a excellent target. Its funny how our Explorers have a light blue shirt with a real badge.

We are issued pepper spray and a radio. We are currently using second hand bullet proof vests, however, we were able to talk the department into getting us our own vests fitted to us. We are trying to get tasers, however, that might take a while.

Hello,

I am A CSO Officer for Bell Gardens Police In California. Do you CSO's Have tasers now? Or still working on it? If you could email me at rnavarro@bgpd.org I would appreciated. thank you.

R. Navarro #389

interesting, we sort of have the same problem here, our Volinteer and Americorp people seem to have better uniforms and vehicles then we do??? I cant understand it eather...They look more like officers then us too?