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by fakedang 866 days ago
>I get the privacy arguments, but if this does actually help stop thieves, on balance I'm in favour.

News check, it doesn't. London Met has faced severe cuts over the past decade, it's focusing the core team on major crimes, while hiring a volunteer force for the petty stuff like these. The volunteer force can't be arsed to fight a fly, much less catch a gang of pickpockets.
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blipvert 866 days ago
News check, the Met doesn’t police the underground - that’s the job of the British Transport Police, a completely different force.
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multjoy 866 days ago
>while hiring a volunteer force

Nonsense. If you’re talking about specials then they have been kicking about since the late 1800s.

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fakedang 866 days ago
The proportion of duties allocated to the volunteer force has increased much more than what it used to be back then.

I don't mind having the volunteers for duties such as traffic assistance and the like. But right now, it looks like a return to the Bow Street runners era is inevitable.

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