As I understand it Budgie,the question was can a civilian observer do the job currently done by a Police Officer not is it cheaper or more expensive to employ civilians to do the same job. I very much doubt that a civilian observer could earn that sort of money and if he can then his contract was not drawn up correctly in the first place. The figure you quote £45,000 per year would appear to have been plucked out of thin air and released into the atmosphere as yet another red herring. ( Can herrings fly as well as pigs ?.)
Budgie you probably could get someone to do my job cheaper. I sell clockwork toys for a living and very satisfying it is too.
Last edited by paarmo; 21st May 2009 at 23:20.
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