Police Sponsored By Companies In Locality

[Pietre]

Does this mean as stated in todays Times that local companies will be sponsoring bobbies on the beat? I wonder if they were sponsored by Tesco we could get the groceries delivered at the same time? To be honest I wonder where all of tax pounds are going as the Gov appear to be trying to get everyone to pay for what we have paid for already. I can imagine the siren going of and ending with "This emergency response is sponsored by Tesco" .

 

[Alfie]

Does this mean as stated in todays Times that local companies will be sponsoring bobbies on the beat? I wonder if they were sponsored by Tesco we could get the groceries delivered at the same time? To be honest I wonder where all of tax pounds are going as the Gov appear to be trying to get everyone to pay for what we have paid for already. I can imagine the siren going of and ending with "This emergency response is sponsored by Tesco" .

I wonder if it will mean more bobbies on the beat outside the sponsors premises or generally in the neighbour hood. I think if there were a beat bobby in every village or a few in each town, then juvenille crime would come down.

I'd certainly help to sponsor one myself although I too feel aggreived that the portion of council tax I pay towards the police goes up each year yet the standard of visible policing goes down!

The best policing we had as a company was when we employed a seven foot psychopath to sleep in his van with his equally psychotic dog, in the office car park. When he confronted the juvenilles who were systematically targetting us, they needed the toilet very quickly. Suffice to say we had no more trouble as we were known amongst the youth in the area that we were the office with the nutter in the car park

 

[jeremytaylor]

Don't be surprised if shoplifting at Tescos gets priority from Tesco-sponsored 'police' over more serious/challenging crimes.

 

[Satch]

Meanwhile:

Anger over 10p to call police plan


Callers will have to pay 10p a time to report "non-emergency" incidents to police under new Government proposals.

Drug offences are among a list of crimes which will be dealt with by a new non-emergency service, 101.

Anyone witnessing vandalism, harassment, intimidation and rubbish dumping will also be expected to call 101, rather than the free 999 service.

The Government wants to ease the workload on the 999 system, which receives 10 million calls per year.

The plans were first unveiled as part of a package of wide-ranging police reforms by then Home Secretary David Blunkett in November 2004.

But anti-drug campaigners have criticised the idea of reporting drug-related offences on the 101 hotline.

Mary Brett, a former spokesman for the National Drug Spokesman Alliance, told the Daily Mail: "This is just crazy. Drug dealing does not take very long and if we are to stand any chance at all of catching these people the police have got to get there immediately.

"After the re-classification of cannabis, it is just yet another nail in the coffin.

"There should be zero tolerance, but what we have now is the exact opposite. Everything to do with drugs is being downgraded."

The Home Office emphasised that any crime that requires an emergency response would still be dealt with by the 999 service. A spokeswoman said: "The single non-emergency number is an innovative new service offering the public direct access to community safety advice, information and action while freeing up the 999 system to handle emergency incidents."

Press Association

 

[jeremytaylor]

This is beyond a joke.

But hey, at least this way the government can make money out of crime.

Is there anything left untaxed in this so-called free country?

 

[GRAV888]

This is beyond a joke.

But hey, at least this way the government can make money out of crime.

Is there anything left untaxed in this so-called free country?

Only the air that I breathe.
But not for long

 

[Ian B Walker]

Only the air that I breathe.
But not for long

When you give up breathing can I have your car

 

[Dieselman]

Meanwhile:



The Government wants to ease the workload on the 999 system, which receives 10 million calls per year.

That's 19 per minute nationally. Hardly a vast amount.

 

[PeterG]

When I was working at Brompton Division may moons ago Harrods kindly offered to sponsor a police vehicle.
Everyone at the station was very happy at the thought of an extra police vehicle as these were the days everyone used to walk the beat for at least 5 years before you could get into a car.
They offered a brand new Range rover 4.6 hse, however it had to be in Harrods green with gold livery.
The Borough Commander not happy with this stipulated that it had to be white with a small logo stating Harrods sponsored it.
This infuriated Mr Al fayed and we ended up with a tiny Rover metro.
Of course this was during the time he was applying for a UK passport.
Pete

 

[glojo]

For years we have had local large garages supplying sponsorerd vehicles. They are usually given to community constables, crime prevention etc. They are marked up as Police vehicles but do carry the company logo and name.

The first helicopter we had which was the first outside of the Metropolitan Police area was sponsored by Colt. There name was right across the front of the aircraft.

For a couple of years all our non emergency calls to the Police went through the 0870 rate. I was no doubt one of thousands that complained, I think it disgusting that we pay Council tax and then pay for the Police on top of this. Police informants were given an 0800 freephone number, plus reward for information leading to the arrest of someone. Whereas we were expected to pay for the priviledge of giving Police information that might lead to the same arrest. grrrr

Oh well, win some, loose some

John

 

[996jimbo]

I think it disgusting that we pay Council tax and then pay for the Police on top of this.

Just for info - this is exactly what you do. Police raise their own precept, as do the fire authority. Your council tax bill is actually made up of a number of separate bills:

1. District council
2. County council
3. Police
4. Fire
5. Parish council

Each sets their own bill which is collected by your district council as a single bill on behalf of all the authorities.

 

[glojo]

Just for info - this is exactly what you do. Police raise their own precept, as do the fire authority. Your council tax bill is actually made up of a number of separate bills:

1. District council
2. County council
3. Police
4. Fire
5. Parish council

Each sets their own bill which is collected by your district council as a single bill on behalf of all the authorities.

Our Police contribution is seperate! I thought this was a national thing?

John

 

[JFleming]

Same in nearby Somerset, John.. I really hate having to specifically pay "extra" for the Police - especially when it's not performance related. No doubt the Fire Service will add one on when Somerset and Devon merge!

 

[Rob77]

Why shouldn't businesses or wealthy individuals sponsor the police, after all such sponsorship of cabinet ministers appears to have been accepted practice for a few years now