Police spend more than £50,000 on cardboard cut-out PCs to scare away shoplifte

Police have spent more than £50,000 on cardboard cut-outs of themselves - despite most forces admitting they do not know if they stop crime.

The two-dimensional crime fighters are supposed to deter shoplifters and petrol thieves who think they are real PCs from a distance.  But some have become victims of crime themselves after being stolen by pranksters or vandalised.

Now MailOnline can reveal forces have bought more than 750 of the replicas - at the same time as axing more than 10,000 frontline officers.  The total was questioned by the Police Federation, which said more cash should be spent on real PCs.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2647041/The-blue-line-Police-spend-50-000-cardboard-cut-PCs-scare-away-shoplifters-forces-dont-know-work.html#ixzz34h501N3in

 ::roglol:: 

So the cuts make police forces axe 10,000 frontline officers and in desperation they spend the cost of the annual salary of less than two on cut-outs.

The insanity of the cuts to the police force budget strikes home.

The insanity of overspending on foreigners and the lazy is coming home to roost now.

Laughable!

The insanity of cuts by this Government is coming home to roost.

Especially when they haven't brought down the debt.

Sassy wrote:The insanity of cuts by this Government is coming home to roost.

Especially when they haven't brought down the debt.

Of course they haven't brought it down - they have stabilised it.

It will take years to sort out the mess.

Who told you that Andy, you need to give them hell for lying to you:


http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/334/uk-economy/uk-national-debt/

See the chart on there, posted it by too big to see.