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Now you too can rent-a-cop from our enterprising forces

Tom Shields on the polis

There is concern that Scottish police are getting too heavily into private enterprise. The Lothians and Borders force is to the fore in this respect, having raised its extra-curricular income to £5.5 million in 2007-8 compared to a mere £140,000 in 2003-4.