G4S to get powers of arrest???

What? In the street or in prisons that they staff?

People who haven't paid fines, I gather

AlieOxon
It's probably fake news as it's in the Daily Mail

Can we still do citizens arrests?

you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-tories-giving-g4s-serco-the-power-to-arrest?bucket=email-blast-24_10_2017_g4s_blast

Try reading this?

I have already signed the petition and am really cross about this proposal. At a time when police and PCSO's are struggling to carry out their remit I think that 'outsourcing' aspects of their role rather than increasing their numbers is iniquitous. The companies involved will not be carrying out these tasks as a public service, but as a money making enterprise. No, no, no!!!

Sadly this time it's not fake news.

(Not about citizens arrests.)

Private prisons, OMG what an idea.
Outsourcing.........try and say it's not always bad?

Tories seem to know the price of everything but the value of absol utely nothing whatsoever.

Another step too far. We're living in a dystopian society.

Alieoxon, G4S and Serco have run prisons for years.
They run Yarls Wood detention centre for women.

weownit.org.uk/public-ownership/prisons

weownit.org.uk/public-ownership/police

I know about the private prisons, dj - just saying this is one step further, wonder what next!

I am hoping that it is the thin end of the wedge and that more people will object.
They seem to want to give them more powers than trading standards officers, who usually have to go with the police if any raids are happening.
Serco and G4S paperwork leaves a lot to be desired, too. They are always being fined for lapses.

I googled just 'G4S' and among a lot of dubious happenings I found this. www.ft.com/content/a6b46fc0-4cc0-11e3-958f-00144feabdc0 .
I had no idea this company was so enormous.

And checking the date, this was 2013.
Sounds like ambitions to become police!

I think that they started up during the Thatcher years and have always been the subject of rumour about their dodgy trading standards.

Don't we all have powers of arrest, in theory? Check out "citizen's arrest".

At least they only have 585,000 employees now, not the 620,000 they had then.

Why do they keep getting new contracts considering the number of fraud enquiries there have been into them?

www.google.com/url?q=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/jul/10/g4s-awarded-25m-government-contract-despite-inquiry&sa=U&ved=0ahUKEwipusLXkIzXAhWH1BoKHe5WDuQ4CBAWCAUwAA&client=internal-uds-cse&cx=007466294097402385199:m2ealvuxh1i&usg=AOvVaw3nBeVWM0x814bdp_mVbsqA

They keep getting new contracts because it suits current Government policy to outsource everything and despite their failings, G4S and Serco are gobbling up being awarded as many Government contracts as they can lay hands on. Then HMG can claim to be running the country along commercial lines. Super!

Isn't Mr May on the board of G 4 S.?

The company he works for deals with G4S, but he was removed from the account.
Be interesting to know which accounts he deals with instead.