approximately 300 people in Essex seaside town with no police station but six PCSOs pay £2 each a week for overnight ‘deterrent’
Hundreds of residents in a seaside town are each paying a private security firm more than £100 a year to patrol their streets because of a lack of police.
Frinton-on-Sea in Essex has no police station but six police community support officers (PCSOs) who must travel around by bus or bike. The town of approximately 4000 residents has just one pub,the Lock and Barrel, and one fish and chip shop.
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Source: theguardian.com