Police Privatisation

The Real Olympic Legacy? Surrey Police Pull Out Of G4S Scheme

PA | Posted 06.09.2012 | UK

A police authority has confirmed that it is pulling out of a privatisation scheme following the failure of security firm G4S to provide enough guards ...

Public 'Less Likely To Report Crime Under Police Privatisation'

Posted 18.05.2012 | UK

The public would be less likely to report a crime if a private firm was in charge of their personal data, a survey suggested today. The poll of mor...

Anyone Who Thinks the Private Sector is More Efficient Has Never Called a Call Centre

Ruth Whippman | Posted 08.05.2012 | UK Politics
Ruth Whippman

There are many reasons why the police should not be privatised, not least that an independent, publicly funded police force, free from the profit motive and accountable to the public it serves, is a fundamental plank of a civilised society. Lets not subjugate this dignified ideal to the misguided notion that the private sector would do a better job.

Heading for a Catastrophe

Paul McKeever | Posted 07.05.2012 | UK Politics
Paul McKeever

The privatisation of the police service will have a detrimental effect on public safety and the level of service they expect and deserve from us. I don't say this lightly, I am genuinely outraged by what is happening to the greatest police service in the world.

Prezza To Fight To Keep Police Public

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 05.03.2012 | UK Politics

Former deputy prime minister Lord Prescott launched a campaign to "keep the police public" today, warning that bringing in private security firms coul...

Police Privatisation

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 02.05.2012 | UK

Police are set to bring in private companies to investigate crimes and patrol neighbourhoods, it has been was reported. Two forces, West Midlands a...