Private force prosecutes 300 shoplifters – Company headed by former Scotland Yard detective boasts a 100pc conviction rate as it steps in where police fall down
by OptimalCynic
Private force prosecutes 300 shoplifters – Company headed by former Scotland Yard detective boasts a 100pc conviction rate as it steps in where police fall down
by OptimalCynic
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Huh, first people needed to go private for health care, now private law enforcement.
Living in the future is weird.
When people say we aren’t overpopulated, and point to the small amount of greenspace we have left to slap up crappy newbuilds for £300K a pop, how do they reconcile the fact that public services are also crippled to the point of being almost useless. Police won’t attend most crimescenes, don’t have the resources to prosecute. Prisons are reaching capacity. The roads are constantly congested. Four hour waits for ambulances and A&E. Two weeks for a GP appointment. Overcrowded trains, unreliable buses, hardly any public transport if you live rurally. Local councils verging on bankruptcy, can’t address any issues in any kind of timely fashion, if at all.
68 million people on this small island. The landmass is about the same size as the US state of Virginia, which has a population of 8 million. We need to start serious land reclamation if we want to continue on this trajectory. Something has to give.
From th ‘Small government, low tax’ Telegraph. The reason why the police don’t have time to prosecute these crimes is because*checks notes* they don’t have the staff because they’re paid from taxes. That you don’t want to pay
[Oh hey I’ve seen this one!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLfghLQE3F4)
To be fair, 100 percent conviction rate for private prosecutions where they can pick and choose what they prosecute. The police are the opposite to this.
How can a private company prosecute people? I thought only the CPS could do that?
I predicted this in another thread a couple of months back. I’m actually kind of in support of this as a concept, typically when Sky prosecutes people for streaming that’s via a private prosecution as well. Maybe going ahead the policy should be that if someone commits a non-violent crime against a commercial organisation of a certain size that the empathise should be on them to look to persecute privately allowing more resources for police to focus on crimes against individuals.
Maybe if these companies and their owners paid their taxes the police would have enough resources to do their job properly for the benefit of everyone.