Government plans for police privatisation

[scooterscot]

A huge chunk of Council Tax goes on the police plus I pay another big chunk to the police by way of a commercial property surcharge. In return the police will send three cars to Tesco for a shop lifter but the police couldn’t care less when I call 999 when a neighbour was being beaten by thugs in her shop.

Improvements are on the way...

"Hello and welcome to the West Midlands Police 999 service. If you would like to report a criminal act, press 1. To provide information regarding an ongoing investigation, press 2. To find out more about our services, press 3. For all other enquiries, press 4.

Thank you. Unfortunately all our police operators are busy right now. Please stay on the line. Your call is important to us."

[TimberWolf]

As long as private police wear SS uniforms so that they can be identified as such, all should be fine :nazi:

I expect only honest upstanding people would have any reason to want to be a private policeman anyway

[Troll]

Local militia ... it's the future

[hyperD]

"Handcart Heavy, turn left heading 666 and expedite descent to flight level zero, report intercept of the Hell ILS runway two seven"...

[DodgyAgent]

This is not the 'police' as such but the back office activities that are needed to support the police.

Cast your mind back to the prison service, some of these activities and now run by private companies, they even now run some prisons. These have been successful, despite attempts to say that private companies have no place in public service.

I am a great believer of using private sector companies in most fields of government.

Take the NHS, I fully support that the government should be responsible for providing health care for its citizens, however I see no reason why the government should also have to supply this care - why not use private companies if they can do it more efficiently and save money.

I would just like to say that Waldorf is not my sockie

[d000hg]

I would just like to say that Waldorf is not my sockie

[AtW]

Is it going to be armed to the teeth kind of police?

[Troll]

Is it going to be armed to the teeth kind of police?

& able to dispense summary justice.. where do I join?

[shaunbhoy]

& able to dispense summary justice.. where do I join?

You can't. You'd fail the medical you weedy pr1ck!

HTH