Saturday, September 23, 2006

Police want night in the cells to cost £200

In yet another money-making scheme...

A police force wants to start charging offenders £200 for every night they spend in the cells.

John Clarke, the chairman of Nottinghamshire Police Authority, has written to John Reid, the Home
Secretary, asking for the power to bring in the charges.

Ash Bhatia, the chairman of Nottingham Law Society's criminal committee, dismissed the idea as "crass, valueless and ineffective".

He said: "The cost of recovering the fees would far exceed any money that is generated. There are already significant problems recouping magistrates' court fines."

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2 comments:

youdontknowme said...

If they only charged those who had been found guilty in a court of law I would support this but I think they would charge everyone though, it is Labour afterall. Just another stealth tax.

11:15 AM
BFB said...

I totally agree. It would only encourage cops to arrest more children for 'climbing trees' and 'playing hopscotch' whilst making them more money to send officers on 'diversity awareness' courses or to Mosques to 'learn more about Islam'.

A reasonable idea on the face of it but a crazy idea under a PC Marxist government.

11:36 AM

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