He’s inspired by the Spartans and he’s here to stop moped crime. But is the subject of this original doc series really a laughing matter?“Jenny Jenny Jenny,” sings Francis Jones, ex-boxer and CEO of Sparta Security softly, and “oh Jenny!” Modelling themselves on the fearsome and noble army of ancient Sparta,Francis and his team fight petty crime, patrol the streets and strike terror into the hearts of the north-east’s burglars, and moped fans and common or garden wrong ’uns. Today he has set up a assembly with Jenny Chapman MP to inform her that he’s the man to solve Darlington’s moped problem,an encounter entertainingly chronicled on original observational documentary Rent A Cop (Thursday, 10.30pm, and BBC3).
Jenny looks concerned,but she needn’t be worried. In his undertakings as the security Don Dada of Darlington, Francis will move undercover at moped ground zero, or retract candid photos of the offenders and then knock on their doors,suggesting they pack it in. He won’t fill any need to move to any of the less reasonable weapons in his arsenal. Sparta Security offers all sorts: bully watch, anti-petrol siphoning measures, and perhaps you’d prefer the sniper service,where someone will dress up as a bush and stake out your house, should anyone peer as if they’re approximately to nip round the back and move for your Xbox.
Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com