Speed Cameras May Help Fund Cash-Strapped Police

[Arthurgray50@blu]

http://news.sky.com/story/1582163/sp...trapped-police

This Conservative Government should be totally ashamed of themselves for this to be happening.

WHY, should the Police service have to apply for sponsorship, or even doing speed cameras to gets funds to put stop these severe cuts to the police forces un and down the country.

ALL police services are very short of money to keep police officers or even police staff for that matter.

We know that Osborne, has insisted on putting another 185 million ON top of the 800 million they want to save and therefore cutting police officers and staff

OUR safety is being put in jeopardy at this decision. THEY should increase Police officers and staff on our streets.

On the area where l live - there are TWO officers patrol a wide area.ONE PC and ONCE PCSO and l live on a large area

Over on the Hounslow side, we have officers covering TWO wards as they are reducing them

I firmly believe that if there is a terrorist attack on London, and it has been threatened many times by IS, London WILL NOT be protected and the public will suffer big time

We had a major rave in London, and we heard that it was bad and officers injured

WE must have more officers on the streets of London AND The UK.

Sponsorship is what the government want, so they don't have to fund the police forces

Speed cameras, should NOT be used to fund hard up forces. There are are petitions all over the UK to stop these cuts.

Several police commissioners are going to take legal action to stop these cuts

What is totally farcical, is that Cameron and Co are PROUD to send billions abroad. But our safety is at risk. So those billions can put officers on the street.

Why should WE have our life's at risk, when a MILLION quid could put at least 300 hundred extra officers for several years

[mrmistoffelees]

How specifically have you been placed at increased risk or had your safety placed in increased jeopardy due to the funding currents to police services?

[Derek]

Originally Posted by Arthurgray50

Why should WE have our life's at risk, when a MILLION quid could put at least 300 hundred extra officers for several years

While I entirely agree the current reductions in Police funding are shocking and designed to usher in private Policing I should point out even at £19,000 a year starting wage you won't get 300 extra cops with £1,000,000, even without taking other costs like training, uniforms equipment etc into account.

Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu

Why should WE have our life's at risk, when a MILLION quid could put at least 300 hundred extra officers for several years

Ummm, no it wont. You need to brush up on basic maths.

Assuming they are paid 20,000 per year, it would only fund 50, for one year.

[Ignitionnet]

The mean streets on the border of Hounslow and St Margarets, Richmond upon Thames, are not to be taken lightly.

[Arthurgray50@blu]

I work very closely with the police, and l think its very wrong in what the government is doing.

The Police service should not be having cuts of this nature.It always appears to me that this government are making cuts in the wrong places.

They should start within there own ranks, and stop paying expenses, when they don't need it

[beeman]

Arthur this is Bedfordshire (where i told you about last week). The police commissioner is just throwing his toys out of his pram because people voted against his plan for an increase in council tax. The people of Bedfordshire were ASKED if they wanted more bobbies (and pay for it) and they said no. Now the commissioner is finding ways to make them pay anyway.

[ianch99]

I am really suprised that the conservative minority that voted in the current Government are not more vocal in their concerns over the cuts in policing. It is one thing having crime increasing in the inner city but when it rises in the shires and home counties then this is really too near home for comfort?

[Gary L]

The best part is that the "criminals" know about the cuts to the police force.

and the word will spread to everyone. and soon we will have to police ourselves.

[techguyone]

It's ok, they'll make the speed cameras 'zero tolerance' and make money that way... Yes it's been suggested by some twunt commissioner (labour)

[Gary L]

We're all turning against each other.
the police are turning against the public. and the public will soon be turning against the police.

I said this will start happening.
this is what Dave wants. and it's what Dave is surely going to get the way things are going.

When people are struggling for money and all they keep doing is giving whatever money they do have by way of taxes and money raising fines. they're going to snap.
snap one by one. few by few. hundreds and then thousands.

[Arthurgray50@blu]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...herts-34719997

Just read this article. We should NOT have this to happen. The police forces in the UK, should not have to have this happen. By fining drivers for speeding or even having sponsorship.

In our Council Taxes, its part of that tax that we pay for police. We also pay Income Tax, we also pay various taxes towards this terrible government.

We as the public, should not be under this pressure of having NO PROTECTION on our streets

Some Police forces have G4S doing some police work. What this government want is to privatise the police.

I know of several officers that have been told that they are thinking of going, as there are plans to get rid of officers with 15 - 20 years service AS THEY ARE TOO EXPENSIVE.

The Home Office would love to get Police Officers or staff to work for 17000 per year.

Put it this way, WOULD any member of this forum become a police officer ?

[TheDaddy]

Originally Posted by techguyone

It's ok, they'll make the speed cameras 'zero tolerance' and make money that way... Yes it's been suggested by some twunt commissioner (labour)

Money which his force won't be getting, camera revenue goes straight to government. If these people have no grasp of basic facts it just goes to show how rediculous and worthless these commissioner roles were in the first place

[Arthurgray50@blu]

I would rather have coppers and staff on our streets, then worry about where the money is coming from.

Remember at the end of the day, when you pay your council tax, part of that tax pays for coppers or staff to patrol YOUR streets.

I suggest you sign the petitions out there. I believe all over the country, these petitions have hit just under 50.000 All the main Unions have got one going. And there are street petitions also

Because you never worry where the money is coming from (as long as it's from somebody else...).