Thursday, July 22, 2004

Police welcome private cops / ic Coventry, 21 July 2004

ic Coventry - Police welcome private cops: "Barbara Goulden

A police chief says he welcomes shock moves by parish councillors to pay for their own private detectives to investigate village crime. The inspector says he does not agree with villagers' claims that they only see a community beat bobby "once in a blue moon", he welcomes the plan to engage private detectives to gather evidence against those suspected of anti-social behaviour."