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Originally Posted by Xaccers
Oi you cheeky what not! :P
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Sorry? Having more police is ineffective policing?
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Xaccers , I hate to point this out - especially when Andyl chose not to - but you ignored his point about the economic comparison. We can't simply compare salaries to one-off install costs,
Obviously the salary is a recurring charge and the salary is only part of the cost of employing someone (not sure what figures the police use but one of the companys that I've worked with used a +80% figure on salaries to include additional costs like training/admin/etcetera). Similarly the Gatsos would have running costs (simply mailing someone to inform them that they've been 'caught' costs money) hence the comparison would/should be moderately complex.
This ties back into andyl's point, I think, in that someone seeking election could go for a populist, emotional comparison (1 Gatso = 2 police on the beat) which might get them elected but would not necessarily be accurate or achievable