Asda and EasyJet among firms paying for police patrols as forces rake in £313m from private contracts
CASH-STRAPPED police forces have raised more than £300m from private firms paying for patrols in the last five years.
Asda is forking out nearly £200,000 a year for Metropolitan Police cops to keep guard at a retail park in East London where it has a large store. Last month Prime Minister Theresa May provoked outrage when she claimed there was no direct link between falling numbers of officers on the street and the recent surge in deadly stabbings.
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