tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post2913602229071733387..comments2024-03-05T17:55:58.806+00:00Comments on Nanny Knows Best: The Dangers of WalkingKen Frosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13568488818950912374noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-21889881184655260952008-06-06T14:26:00.000+01:002008-06-06T14:26:00.000+01:00With time and money being wasted on this kind of c...With time and money being wasted on this kind of crap, it is no wonder our criminal 'justice' system, health service, education and transport system is in such a mess! Whoever authorised the security van to make this 120 mile round trip (at a time of record fuel costs)should have the amount summarily deducted from their salaries, as an incentive for them to use common sense in future, a commodity which Nanny and her minions seem sadly lacking in!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-64239305615848193372008-06-06T11:37:00.000+01:002008-06-06T11:37:00.000+01:00The problem of course was the privatisation of the...The problem of course was the privatisation of the court escort services.<BR/><BR/>These companies, some subsidiaries of American prison service providers, took over the court escort, dock officer and court cells contracts from the prison service and police in the mid nineties.<BR/><BR/>As I recall from my days as a prison officer, the contractors are paid a fixed amount for the services they provide and can only charge extra for additional services, I doubt if the case highlighted would attract additional fees.<BR/><BR/>We are not told how much of an escape risk the accused is, he may well have come into the court on bail. I suspect the local police station could have sent a police car to do the transfer had he been an escape risk but, there was much bad feelings between the prison service and the police towards these contractors. There may lay the answer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com