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WM Police defends spending on security guards
B'ham Post 22 Jun 10
West Midlands Police has rejected claims that it was wasting taxpayers’ cash by paying private security companies millions of pounds to guard its buildings.
The force, which has paid out £3.8 million to the firms over the last three years, said many of its sites, including a ballistics centre and a regional anti-terror unit, were critical facilities which needed to be protected…