bunbury61 Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 7 hours ago, bristolman said: In our village we used to get on average of one crime a month, the chimney sweep moved to the next town and now no crimes, coincidence ? 7 hours ago, bristolman said: In our village we used to get on average of one crime a month, the chimney sweep moved to the next town and now no crimes, coincidence ? yes , I can imagine you have no issue where you are either Bristol .....where iam is a different matter though 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toots Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 When I was growing up in Scotland our nearest village had a small police station and 1 policeman on duty. The nearest town had a larger police station and 4 policemen on duty. Now both police stations have closed. The nearest police station is in a town 14 miles away. Eight other smaller police stations in the county have also closed. Is this a common thing all over the UK? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simmo Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 13 minutes ago, Toots said: When I was growing up in Scotland our nearest village had a small police station and 1 policeman on duty. The nearest town had a larger police station and 4 policemen on duty. Now both police stations have closed. The nearest police station is in a town 14 miles away. Eight other smaller police stations in the county have also closed. Is this a common thing all over the UK? The police have more important priorities 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bristolman Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 21 minutes ago, Toots said: When I was growing up in Scotland our nearest village had a small police station and 1 policeman on duty. The nearest town had a larger police station and 4 policemen on duty. Now both police stations have closed. The nearest police station is in a town 14 miles away. Eight other smaller police stations in the county have also closed. Is this a common thing all over the UK? Our nearest Police station is about 6 miles away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toots Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 The local courthouse has also closed - going to be turned into a poncey boutique hotel. It was in use for over 100 years now everybody has to traipse off to a town over 30 miles away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patphillips47 Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 On 24/11/2017 at 09:21, Ozzie said: It definitely is different. I and many others have said we personally haven't seen security guards uniformed wondering around stores or at the front looking through a screen like they do in the UK and Ireland. It doesn't mean Australia doesn't have security, of course they must! It's just interesting Australia has adopted a different approach. I did a shop yesterday in two large stores (big supermarket chains) and made sure I opened my eyes properly looking around for uniformed security guards. There weren't any. They must be plain clothed or have other methods (cctv, etc). There were a few guards in the large shopping centre however. Genuinely wondering why Australia has adopted a different approach. It's been an interesting thread! Just to add, I just remembered I have a friend who is quite senior in marketing for a big supermarket. I sent him a message asking whether he knows if the greeters are actually security guards or not. Will respond once I hear back.... In SA the greeters are not security guards -all security guards including coverts (plain clothed ) are licensed Store staff are not allowed to apprehend -apprehensions must be done by someone with a license CCTV is used but not on open display Australian stores do have a huge theft problem I worked for one retailer -wont name them - who in one year in one store alone had over 1 million in stock loss I think the normal man in the street just does not see or know of the problem An earlier poster said she saw a guy take an item off the rack and walk away - I have seen them take the whole bloody rack LOL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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