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22-09-2008, 10:32 AM
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Our beloved Home Secretary has come up with the idea of employing 3,600 volunteers to act as a link between the Public - thats you and me  - and the Police and tell the Police what the Public are concerned about. This is going to cost £5 million. Quite why we the public are not able to do this to the Police direct I do not know.
Here's a thought why not spend the £5 million plus the millions spent on PCSO's on employing proper Police officers. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7627746.stm | 
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22-09-2008, 11:30 AM
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You mean , you're not a fan of "Plastic Policemen"?
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22-09-2008, 11:47 AM
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So what of CSO's?
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Another load of crap designed to massage the unemployment figures no doubt...all these crackpot schemes waste tax money but help out on the statistics.
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22-09-2008, 12:21 PM
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You wouldn't be one of those people who complains that the Govt doesn't listen, then?
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Originally Posted by Decadence  Another load of crap designed to massage the unemployment figures no doubt | certainly looks like crap to me (Jacqui Smith 'announces' some BS or other every week) but £5 million (or "3,600 volunteers") is not really going to make a dent in any statistic
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22-09-2008, 12:50 PM
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I am on one of these 'consultation groups' with the Police (and have been for some time - so it's nothing new).
I haven't noticed it make a scrap of difference to them opting out of just about everything!
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22-09-2008, 3:07 PM
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Originally Posted by krish certainly looks like crap to me (Jacqui Smith 'announces' some BS or other every week) but £5 million (or "3,600 volunteers") is not really going to make a dent in any statistic | No but they all add up...plus there'll be other people employed to analyse data, help with paperwprk etc...no doubt it'll be contracted out to a firm run by a relative of an MP or the MP's themselves...same as the Olympics. Crooked.
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22-09-2008, 3:10 PM
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Are they going to be employed or are they volunteers (I understand this as "not paid") ?
Because if the £5m represents their wages they're each going to earn a whooping £1390 
And maybe they are needed after all because I don't know about you but I haven't seen a policeman for years (except the ones is their cars hidding on the side of the motorway with a camera - but it's hard to have a conversation passing at 70mph) despite the supposed record number of them patrolling our streets.
And if you phone them, unless the burglar's already stabbed you a couple of times and your just gasping on the phone then you can wait for a bit, if they actually turn up.
So someone who has the power to get a conversation with them can only help !
Maybe exagerating a bit but then again the only time we needed them we got told that the "kids" hadn't done anything wrong yet, call back when your car has been trashed - so I'm a bit cynical.
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Who know what they'll be doing, employed or not...generally the Police don't listen anyway. The specialist departments do ok, CID, Motoring etc. but the general patrol Police from the local station are useless almost without exception...but what do we expect when their hands are tied with red tape, paperwork and targets!
The Government just likes wasting money...simple as that.
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22-09-2008, 4:41 PM
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you can only throw money at a problem for so long
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22-09-2008, 6:24 PM
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Every announcement they make like this, I have to wonder what the point is. It all seems to be about addressing problems, the thing is though, having been in power for over a decade most of the problems were caused by their meddling in the first place.
Still it's only few million with nowhere better to go, it's not like they're about to close, sorry 'downgrade' my local hospital or anything  | |
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22-09-2008, 7:43 PM
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When you say "most of the problems" which problems do you mean exactly? There's no hidden agenda to this question; it's genuine.
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22-09-2008, 10:16 PM
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Originally Posted by JagoPlasma you can only throw money at a problem for so long | indeed - but when it someone else's money (i.e.ours) HMG doesn't give a stuff. Plenty more where that came from.. FPNs all round...
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22-09-2008, 10:45 PM
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Originally Posted by JagoPlasma you can only throw money at a problem for so long | Hey, don't diss the Labour Party's only policy since 1945.
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