Capitalism and the Police - Private contractors to build and run police station

A night in the cells used to be spent courtesy of the boys in blue. But from April private contractors in the United Kingdom will be building police stations and employing the staff to run them as well.

With police forces seeking savings in the face of the governments austerity-led budget cuts, G4S, the worlds largest security company, has won the first contract in Britain to staff and build a police station. The deal represents the most radical outsourcing of law enforcement to the private sector yet ... READ MORE

Released by the Financial Times - 12 February 2012