<DIV>Thanks Steve. Betts has to be right.</DIV> <DIV>Ian<BR><BR><B><I>g8-sheffield-request@lists.aktivix.org</I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Send g8-sheffield mailing list submissions to<BR>g8-sheffield@lists.aktivix.org<BR><BR>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<BR>http://lists.aktivix.org/mailman/listinfo/g8-sheffield<BR>or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<BR>g8-sheffield-request@lists.aktivix.org<BR><BR>You can reach the person managing the list at<BR>g8-sheffield-owner@lists.aktivix.org<BR><BR>When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<BR>than "Re: Contents of g8-sheffield digest..."<BR><BR><BR>Today's Topics:<BR><BR>1. Cost of policing Sheffield G8 (atw)<BR><BR><BR>----------------------------------------------------------------------<BR><BR>Message: 1<BR>Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2005 14:01:08 +0000<BR>From: atw
<AGAINSTTHEWAR@TOTALSERVE.CO.UK><BR>Subject: [g8-sheffield] Cost of policing Sheffield G8<BR>To: g8-sheffield@lists.aktivix.org<BR>Message-ID: <126208470.20051204140108@totalserve.co.uk><BR>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15<BR><BR>Police force set to pick up bill<BR>Paul Whitehouse<BR><BR>A police force looks set to have to dip into its emergency reserves to<BR>help pay the bill for policing the international G8 summit hosted in<BR>Sheffield earlier this year.<BR><BR>The meeting, which involved representatives of the world's most<BR>powerful nations, took place in June and Sheffield was selected as a<BR>venue while the city's Brightside MP, David Blunkett, was Home<BR>Secretary.<BR><BR>The question of whether the Government would meet the cost of the<BR>operation was never answered, although the force had to mount a<BR>stringent security operation to safeguard visitors from a possible<BR>terrorist threat and from anti-poverty and anti-war protesters who<BR>caused
chaos at previous G8 meetings<BR><BR>About 450 officers from South Yorkshire Police were involved in the<BR>operation and the force called in colleagues from other forces. Those<BR>forces have now sent bills to South Yorkshire Police (SYP) totalling<BR>£373,000, though that total is expected to grow to £400,000 with the<BR>final sums. Final costs for the operation have yet to be worked out<BR>but at present the bill is close to £1.6m. The Home Office has a<BR>Special Grants budget which has cash to meet the cost of such one-off<BR>events, but South Yorkshire Police Authority has been warned the<BR>budget is under pressure this year.<BR><BR>That means the force may be asked to pay part of the bill from its own<BR>reserves, the money kept aside from day-to-day spending to meet<BR>emergency expenditure.<BR><BR>The Home Office want to see full details of the claim from South<BR>Yorkshire Police Authority before making a statement on how much it<BR>intends to contribute, but an authority
report says: "The Home Office<BR>expect to ask SYP to meet some element of the additional costs.<BR><BR>"The Home Office cannot expand on this any further until they are in<BR>receipt of the claim."<BR><BR>The G8 operation in South Yorkshire was controversial, with some<BR>observers believing the police presence was unnecessarily large for<BR>the event.<BR><BR>During the visit protesters were kept at some distance from the<BR>official entourage and ten people were arrested in this area for<BR>public order offences.<BR><BR>Sheffield Attercliffe's Labour MP Clive Betts says the Government<BR>should meet the full cost of policing what was a national event.<BR><BR>01 December 2005<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>Independent grassroots news: www.sheffield.indymedia.org.uk<BR><BR><BR><BR>-- <BR>No virus found in this outgoing message.<BR>Checked by AVG Free Edition.<BR>Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.13.11/191 - Release Date:
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