We would occasionally get people who would insist that a sworn deputy sheriff be dispatched to their traffic collision after a CSO (non sworn u201ccommunity service officeru201d) showed up instead. If they really really insisted, weu2019d do it, but theyu2019d often be waiting an extra hour or more for a deputy to be free from calls that only deputies could do. CSOs could only write non-injury collisions that didnu2019t involve a crime such as drunk driving. Injury or fatal collisions required a deputy.Anyway, some CSOs frankly get more experience writing the u201cPDOsu201d (Property Damage Only) than deputies since they do so many more of them. Itu2019s one of their u201cbread and butteru201d calls. Thereu2019s really not much to these reports anyway. You fill in a bunch of boxes with the information called foru2026drivers name, license number, insurance company name and policy number etc. Some stuff is a little trickier. For example, if you donu2019t know what time somebody ran into your parked car, the time is u201c2500u201d hours for reporting purposes on the report. Otherwise,it doesnu2019t really take a sworn officer to do this. The narrative is mostly just the statements (summarized) of the involved parties, e.g. u201cParty two said that while stopped at the red light, he felt a jolt as Party one rear ended his vehicleu201d. Then maybe a u201cParty one said he has no idea why his car rear ended party two, and didnu2019t want to discuss this collision with meu201d. Itu2019s really up to the insurance companies to figure out (usually after interviewing the involved parties on a taped line) who is financially responsible for the collision. CSOs are just as capable as deputies when it comes to writing these types of reports (some better than others of course, just as some deputies are more experienced than others).