http://www.thesun.co.uk/news/5491142/britains-first-private-police-force-has-100-per-cent-conviction-rate-and-is-now-investigating-murder-and-rape/
A PRIVATE police force probing hundreds of crimes including murder and rape has a 100 per cent conviction rate.
The firm - Britain's first - has successfully prosecuted more than 400 criminals and is led by former Scotland Yard senior officers.
TM Eye is now believed to bring more private convictions than any other organisation except for the RSPCA, Daily Mail reports.
The company has a service called "My Local Bobby", which costs wealthy homeowners around £200 a month and involves a guard patrolling their streets.
TM Eye are also looking three murder cases that cops were unable to solve and are helping out in rape, missing persons, burglary, theft, stalking and blackmail cases.
In two years, the company has successfully convicted 403 criminals for fraud, intellectual property theft and other offences.
Police forces are becoming increasingly stretched and say they no longer have the money to investigate some crimes such as shoplifting.
But it is feared private policing will see only the rich get protection from private officers, the newspaper reports.
Metropolitan Police Federation chairman Ken Marsh said: "Eventually there will be a two-tier system with the haves and the have-nots, and if you have money and live in a £20million house in Chelsea you can pay for private security. ...
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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