Cardboard police deployed
Eight cut-outs of police officers are set to be deployed across Essex in a bid to deter and confuse would-be criminals.Essex Police has joined a dozen other police forces in forking out hundreds of pounds for the flat-pack officers. Some are currently being trialled in petrol stations to stop motorists driving off without paying, while they have also been placed in stores to deter shoplifters.
A Freedom of Information Act request reveals the force recently spent £760 on the mock-ups after they were introduced elsewhere in the country in recent years.
Essex Police say some of the cut-outs have not been deployed yet, while others are being trialled in sites across the county.
In October 2007, a cardboard copy of one police constable placed to deter shoplifters in a Derbyshire village was stolen.
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