£10m policing bill to evict travellers from Dale Farm (From Gazette)
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£10m policing bill to evict travellers from Dale Farm
10:00am Wednesday 20th October 2010 in News By Jon Austin
Facing evictions – up to 90 families are facing being moved on from illegal pitches at the Dale Farm traveller site
A PLANNED eviction of nearly 90 families from the illegal Dale Farm traveller site could cost up to £10million in policing costs alone.
The proposed operation is expected to last at least two weeks and Essex Police have calculated it will result in a minimum bill of £2million, rising to £10million if violence flares.
The potential high costs are being blamed as one of the reasons Basildon Council is controversially selling off playing fields to fund the town’s £38million Sporting Village, as the council may need to get a loan to cover the eviction policing bill.
The costs of the eviction would include drafting in hundreds of officers from outside the area, including riot teams and evidence gatherers, and covering overtime.
Senior officers said they do not have the resources and have applied to the Home Office for emergency one-off funding to cover the sum.
However, there are fears against the background of Government cuts, due to be announced tomorrow, the money will not be available.
If this happens, Basildon Council will try to borrow the cash to pay the police bill, according to a source close to the planning of the operation, which is why it cannot currently borrow money in connection with the Sporting Village.
The police estimate is on top of what Basildon Council will have to pay for the eviction, which itself is expected to cost between £1million and £2.5million.
The £10million calculation is based on a worst-case scenario if, as force intelligence suggests, extreme left wing and anti-capitalist groups, such as the Wombles, and other movements turn up to aid the travellers.
The source told the Echo: “There is intelligence of groups like the Wombles being involved, as they would relish a big fight against the state.
“The £10million figure is the worst case scenario if this were to happen.
“There has been an application made to the Home Office from a pot of funding which covers police forces for one-off events which require huge levels of policing, such as if Barack Obama were visiting.”
Comments(24)
midnight warrior
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11:12am Wed 20 Oct 10
Well done Basildon Council for following the planning laws through but feel they should have had a lot more help from government level. Also, if the army were brought in perhaps the costs would not be so high and maybe the police costs could be reduced.
Ironman
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11:15am Wed 20 Oct 10
Perhaps the PC brigade in Parliament/Courts etc will think twice in the future before giving in to their violent, conniving and blackmailing ways.
It's the 'political system' that has created this issue. Let them all contribute to get rid of these Ponces. NOW!!!
andyh
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11:22am Wed 20 Oct 10
TheWizzard
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11:34am Wed 20 Oct 10
Ironman
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12:47pm Wed 20 Oct 10
TheWizzard
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1:18pm Wed 20 Oct 10
Ironman wrote:The tories have been in charge since 2002 i believe
Wizzard, I hate to admit it, but I think the Council was under Labour control way back when.
RobertFS
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1:58pm Wed 20 Oct 10
RobertFS
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2:00pm Wed 20 Oct 10
RobertFS wrote:i forgot to say - charge them for the removal costs and any policing required
deport them back to Ireland. let them 'travel' round there!
jolllyboy
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2:12pm Wed 20 Oct 10
youknowwhoiam
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2:21pm Wed 20 Oct 10
dooley23
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3:46pm Wed 20 Oct 10
Kim Gandy
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5:16pm Wed 20 Oct 10
I lost my home because of these so called "travellers" (who don't travel)
and before you mealy mouthed lefties start bellyaching about racism and discrimination let's see how many of you are prepared to have them NEXT DOOR TO YOU.
When you visit them on the site they will inevitably put on a show because people like you are stupid enough to believe it but in reality THEY ARE LAWBREAKING ARROGANT SCUM with NO INTENTIONS WHATSOEVER of integrating into the community and behaving themselves.
I have a catalogue of horrors far too long to post on here but some of it is something NONE OF YOU **** DO GOODERS will have EVER had to endure.
You can call me all the racists you like but it STILL won't detract from the fact that I am right and YOU are wrong as usual.
It's a pity you cannot apply your time to fighting genuine causes of people in real need.
These people are far from that, given that they drive newly registered cars and sport Gucci handbags and designer jewellery.
Some of the women attend hairdressers and tanning salons twice a week.
Again, SHUT UP before you start because I have SEEN AND HEARD what they get up to with my own eyes and ears, which is MORE THAN YOU CAN SAY.
Most leftie, tofu munching, yoghurt weaving bigoted claptrap that you spout comes from conjecture and assumption.
Mine comes from first hand knowledge and EXPERIENCE.
No contest.
So you've lost the argument BEFORE you start blathering.
Emotive? Yes I am and that is because I have lost more than you will ever know because of these people.
I shall NOT be reading your response to my posting.I NEVER do that because I know how predictable you will be.
The racism card will be waved furiously but you are WRONG WRONG WRONG.
And I am right.
el caballero de la noche
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5:28pm Wed 20 Oct 10
Lets get on with it, seize any of their property to pay for the debt that they owe, new 4x4', trailers etc seize the lot and just get rid of them.
They are lower than a worms belly.
Oh we're going to
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8:33pm Wed 20 Oct 10
The answer is simple.
Wait until the pikey mums are at the Gala bingo in Southerhay, and their kids are stuck in the vans in the Westgate car park and send the dozers in. No problems with killing anyone.
As for the eviction, if the inbreds don't want to play ball then they should be prosecuted for failing to comply with a court order. If they want to make a stand then so be it. Drag them off to court the next day and sue their ****, and failing payment lock them up, that should see the taxpayers not having to foot the bill.
As for the men, they're all in Spain doing building work and laying shoddy tarmac drives with (in an Irish accent) "I have some tarmac on the back of the van left over from a job down the road, would you like me to do your drive?"
Good riddance to Mary, her sister Mary, their cousins Mary and their children Mary, Mary, Mary, Mary Mary and not forgetting Billy-Bob and his sister Mary!
Nebs
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10:16pm Wed 20 Oct 10
Oh we're going to
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10:23pm Wed 20 Oct 10
Nebs wrote:You're aving a Giraffe!
Give them £10,000 each, and they will go for half price.
perini
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10:46pm Wed 20 Oct 10
Oh we're going to wrote:Beware - the Echo Nazis are still around - I had a post removed earlier today because I dared to utter the P*key word. The Editor and co are still clambering up their ars8s!!! PC tw*ts! No doubt this will be removed because I upset O'Neills sensibilities!
10 million squids? What a load of bowlocks! The answer is simple. Wait until the pikey mums are at the Gala bingo in Southerhay, and their kids are stuck in the vans in the Westgate car park and send the dozers in. No problems with killing anyone. As for the eviction, if the inbreds don't want to play ball then they should be prosecuted for failing to comply with a court order. If they want to make a stand then so be it. Drag them off to court the next day and sue their ****, and failing payment lock them up, that should see the taxpayers not having to foot the bill. As for the men, they're all in Spain doing building work and laying shoddy tarmac drives with (in an Irish accent) "I have some tarmac on the back of the van left over from a job down the road, would you like me to do your drive?" Good riddance to Mary, her sister Mary, their cousins Mary and their children Mary, Mary, Mary, Mary Mary and not forgetting Billy-Bob and his sister Mary!
Oh we're going to
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11:33pm Wed 20 Oct 10
perini wrote:I noticed your post was removed around 3PM this afternoon, I tried Google Cache to read it again but it had gone!
Oh we're going to wrote: 10 million squids? What a load of bowlocks! The answer is simple. Wait until the pikey mums are at the Gala bingo in Southerhay, and their kids are stuck in the vans in the Westgate car park and send the dozers in. No problems with killing anyone. As for the eviction, if the inbreds don't want to play ball then they should be prosecuted for failing to comply with a court order. If they want to make a stand then so be it. Drag them off to court the next day and sue their ****, and failing payment lock them up, that should see the taxpayers not having to foot the bill. As for the men, they're all in Spain doing building work and laying shoddy tarmac drives with (in an Irish accent) "I have some tarmac on the back of the van left over from a job down the road, would you like me to do your drive?" Good riddance to Mary, her sister Mary, their cousins Mary and their children Mary, Mary, Mary, Mary Mary and not forgetting Billy-Bob and his sister Mary!Beware - the Echo Nazis are still around - I had a post removed earlier today because I dared to utter the P*key word. The Editor and co are still clambering up their ars8s!!! PC tw*ts! No doubt this will be removed because I upset O'Neills sensibilities!
Shame the Echo Nazis deemed your post unsuitable.
midnight warrior
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12:04am Thu 21 Oct 10
Nebs
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8:02am Thu 21 Oct 10
Oh we're going to wrote:Not at all. It is the cost effective way of dealing with it, and money is tight.
Nebs wrote: Give them £10,000 each, and they will go for half price.You're aving a Giraffe!
Walk in with a fistful of readies, and tell them that each plot that is cleared and the family agrees not to return to Essex for 5 years, will get £1,000 per person. Then start to haggle. Put a time limit of 28 days on the offer, and this could all me over in a month.
i was there man!
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3:17pm Thu 21 Oct 10
essex beaufighter
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4:36pm Thu 21 Oct 10
TheWizzard wrote:Well said, even if the problem started beforehand. Buckly was spineless in his dealings and has to shoulder much of the blame for the cost and exacibation of the situation. I think that is why he stepped down, he realised that he was weak, would continue to be weak and to let a successor shoulder the responsibility. No doubt he will pop up for some self acclaimed credit should everything work out well with eviction though!
At the end of the day if Buckley and his cronies had done something when the first illegal plots were being developed instead of making plans to sell everything off in Basildon to 'their' buddies, we would not be in this situation now.
Mary Lou
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4:52pm Fri 22 Oct 10
shallotman says...
10:24am Wed 20 Oct 10