[Steve L.]

Gav.

Interesting point. If this thing takes off (excuse the pun), and now that all the media hype has died down, it will, our serving police officers will be unable to sustain the commitment to this, as will the military.

I can see it opened up to private enterprise, and thats where the problems will start. Most armed police officers are well screened. However, you`ve only got to see some of the documentaries on the private security and bodyguard industry to see that it is full of cowboys and Water Mitties.

Unless they can service this type of commitment with properly trained, government paid officers then I`d rather they did`nt bother.

Remember, any privately paid company is in it for one thing only - profit. That usually means relying on the lowest common denominator in terms of personnel, training & equipment