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Shovelling apology by payback lads
Date published: 11 January 2010
OFFENDERS donned their winter woollies to shovel piles of snow and ice outside Oldham Police Station.
The group were part of a Community Payback scheme which sees those convicted of fairly minor crimes carry out unpaid work.
Oldham’s Community Payback Unit delivers around 4,000 hours of work each month with work ranging from painting to litter-picking and gardening to clearing away fly-tipped waste.
Members of the public can suggest work to be carried out by those sentenced in a bid to give citizens confidence in the syste and make them feel more involved.
Criteria for work carried out states that it must benefit the community, must not take paid work away from others and must not make a profit for anyone.
Nationally, in 2008/09, 62,000 offenders completed Community Payback undertaking more than eight million hours of work which, if paid at minimum wage, would be valued at £45 million.
Courts have the power to sentence offenders of certain crimes to do between 40 and 600 hours of unpaid work. Types of eligible crimes include driving while disqualified, shoplifting, fraud and minor drug offences.
Comments
Ironic that they're outside a police station, no doubt full of fit men and women coppers who could be clearing the snow themselves. They should have been employed around old folk's homes and hospitals etc.
Great isn't it, a whole town needs clearing and the Police decide that they will take first priority. There were areas which needed clearing much more than the police station.
I don't agree with using these poor lads to do this type of punishment, if one of them slipped & injured themselves how could they rob, steel cars & run amock. Please keep them inside a warm rest room & give them hot food & drinks, play stations to keep them fit to commit more crime.
Get the army in they don't seem to be doing much!
Apart from keeping us safe.
There is a hotel in manchester called strangways hope the guest in there are warm!!!!!!!
"Members of the public can suggest work to be carried out by those sentenced". Someone must have suggested this area as suitable.
"Members of the public can suggest work to be carried out by those sentenced". Someone must have suggested this area as suitable.
"Members of the public can suggest work to be carried out by those sentenced". Someone must have suggested this area as suitable.
Just a question: What about all the other people who are on Job Seekers Allowance, would it not have have been easier to pay them extra to get them out to do the job?
I think this is a wonderful idea, they should also do old peoples homes etc.
As for being outside the police station - if the 'fit men and women coppers' were doing it as suggested by Road Rocket, there would be complaints that they were not doing what they are paid to do, ie prevent and detect crime.
never mind those on jobseekers allowance, why not everyone who is claiming dole get them doing somthing for the money they are given
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How about snow clearing at all the vulnerable areas ie old peoples homes etc (and outside fedupoldhamers house!!)
By johnnye98 @ 11/01/2010 15:43:02