Re:Britain's first private police force to go nationwide
by londons_explore on Tuesday November 19, 2019 @11:14AM
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This looks good...
But as soon as someone is convicted based on just a witness statement from a privately employed person whose bonus depends on getting a conviction, things have gone too far.
Re:Britain's first private police force to go nationwide
by kennydude on Tuesday November 19, 2019 @08:17AM
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At least it isn't the government's original idea of allowing G4S to do it. Because a company which couldn't even gather enough staff for the olympics, is completely suitable for policing -_-
Re:Britain's first private police force to go nationwide
by woodandsteel on Tuesday November 19, 2019 @03:50PM
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This is a quite horrible idea. If people with enough money to pay for the service are happy with it, then they will lobby to reduce government expenditures for the regular police force, and so everyone in the bottom 3/4 of society will suffer.
But as soon as someone is convicted based on just a witness statement from a privately employed person whose bonus depends on getting a conviction, things have gone too far.
And this isn't far away...