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European Salon de News, Discussion et Klatsch - 3 March | 70 comments (70 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)
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Guardian - Front Page - Revealed: government plans for police privatisation

Private companies could take responsibility for investigating crimes, patrolling neighbourhoods and even detaining suspects under a radical privatisation plan being put forward by two of the largest police forces in the country.

West Midlands and Surrey have invited bids from G4S and other major security companies on behalf of all forces across England and Wales to take over the delivery of a wide range of services previously carried out by the police.

The contract is the largest on police privatisation so far, with a potential value of £1.5bn over seven years, rising to a possible £3.5bn depending on how many other forces get involved.

This scale dwarfs the recent £200m contract between Lincolnshire police and G4S, under which half the force's civilian staff are to join the private security company, which will also build and run a police station for the first time.



keep to the Fen Causeway
by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Sat Mar 3rd, 2012 at 06:22:12 AM EST
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Re: Nothing to worry about, move along (none / 0)
seeing as the Met are already a wholly outsourced arm of News International, while the undercover police are more concerned with protecting polluting corporates than preventing terrorism, this is merely public admission of a long standing policy.

Of course, I'm sure there will never be any conflicts of interest between investigating corporate crime and the corporate ownership of the investigation. As we've already see n in the case of Murdoch, merely providing expensive meals and a crate of best scotch would never influence the course of an investigation ..(cont p94)

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Sat Mar 3rd, 2012 at 06:24:25 AM EST
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European Salon de News, Discussion et Klatsch - 3 March | 70 comments (70 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)
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