Police Recruiting Abroad - PC Plodinski and the boys in bleu

[Ako Si Jamie]

David Blunkett lifted the 170-year-old ban on foreigners joining the British police yesterday.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-88244/Foreign-recruits-join-police.html

[grahamw48]

Since when was David Blunkett Home Secretary in a Tory/Liberal coalition government ? :Erm:

I know they're talking about (or already have done so) bringing in Police Commissioners from abroad, but actually nothing would surprise me, given the perpetual stupidity of our MPs. :NoNo:

[fred]

I wonder how many Bulgarian and Romanian Police officers they will need to keep order in 2014?:icon_lol:

[imagine]

:doh:NoNo::Brick:

[Dedworth]

Since when was David Blunkett Home Secretary in a Tory/Liberal colition government ? :Erm:

I know they're talking about (or already have done so) bringing in Police Commissioners from abroad, but actually nothing would surprise me, given the perpetual stupidity of our MPs. :NoNo:

I did a double take reading that article I guess it's an old one from round about the time he introduced the Blunkett Bobbies - PCSOs.

[Ako Si Jamie]

I thought it was a bit odd too. For a moment I thought he had defected to the other side.

[grahamw48]

Would he know ? :cwm25:

[Ako Si Jamie]

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