Revealed: government plans for police privatisation

http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/mar/02/police-privatisation-security-firms-crime
Date Written:  2012-03-02
Publisher:  The Guardian
Year Published:  2012
Resource Type:  Article

Private companies could take responsibility for investigating crimes, patrolling neighbourhoods and even detaining suspects under a radical privatisation plan being put forward by two of the largest police forces in the country.