Britons losing faith in police, hiring private vigilantes...

There is always a price to pay for rising crime rates and an over-stretched police force. 

But rarely is it so clear what that cost is. Residents of an affluent suburb in Southampton have decided to pay £3.15 a week to fund a private security force to patrol the streets. 

Hundreds of residents who have 'lost faith in the police force' have clubbed together to hire the private team of uniformed officers to protect them from crime in the area. More...

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