Police gift shop

[Pan Warrior]

http://www.bnp.org.uk/images/bullets/spacer.gifhttp://www.bnp.org.uk/images/bullets/spacer.gifhttp://www.bnp.org.uk/images/bullets/spacer.gif A cash strapped police force is moving into designer clothing to raise funds for community initiatives. Golf balls, coffee mugs and greetings cards sit alongside adults t-shirts and baby’s clothing on the Kent Constabulary web site. A spokesman said the force believed it was the first in the country to open an online gift shop. The products were chosen by its own staff, working with business partner Internova, which runs similar ventures for the London Fire Brigade and the London Transport Museum.

They also include copies of historical Kent Police photographs which are on display in the force's museum at Chatham Dockyard. Adult T-shirts with fingerprint designs cost from £13 to £16, baby bibs are on sale for £9, and wooden police toys cost up to £10. The force hope to recoup the £10,000 set up costs within the first year of operating.

While the venture demonstrates the force’s imagination and initiative it also demonstrates a funding failure at central government level. Police forces are forced to spend millions of pounds a year in providing translation services for the flood of economic migrants.

Link: Police gift shop (http://www.policegiftshop.co.uk/home.html)


Strike a fnuking light don't these clowns get enough from speed cameras

[mad_mo]

The money is going towards Crime prevention initiatives. Whats wrong with that. And btw, Kent Police are far from cash strapped.

The Met Police have been selling memorabilia for years, its never been an issue!.

[firestorm]

http://www.lfbshop.co.uk/ and http://www.lfbphotos.com/assetbank-lfb/action/viewHome

Can't see a problem myself.
It allows us to do things that poor funding prevents us from doing. We have the same political leaders who impose the same restrictions as they do with military.

[mad_mo]

Strike a fnuking light don't these clowns get enough from speed cameras


The Kent & Medway Safety Camera Partnership keeps not a penny of fines. All money is paid to the Government.

[True Blue Jack]

So what's the truth behind this initiative? Is it community driven - in which case I applaud them but believe the project is doomed to failure. Or are they trying to raise money to offset interpreter costs - in which case there is a deeper issue here.

[mad_mo]

So what's the truth behind this initiative? Is it community driven - in which case I applaud them but believe the project is doomed to failure. Or are they trying to raise money to offset interpreter costs - in which case there is a deeper issue here.

The truth in the story really depends on what online newspaper or site PW pasted it from.

I must admit, I certainly would not pay £7 for a lapel pin, chrome or not :PDT_Xtremez_09:

[chiprafp]

Mo to be honest we all know you dont like copy and pasted but advertising it gives him glory lol so if it keeps him happy let him crack on :)

[firestorm]

So what's the truth behind this initiative? Is it community driven - in which case I applaud them but believe the project is doomed to failure. Or are they trying to raise money to offset interpreter costs - in which case there is a deeper issue here.

Our one seems to be doing fine.
As with the plod one its small scale and profits go back into community projects.