Lot of perks to be had though I suspect
shaking down a few locals and a few tabloid tips.
Private security 'dog unit patrols' on public streets in London
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shaking down a few locals and a few tabloid tips.SheilaNaGig
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Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
A death-trap like Grenfell.
stuff_it
Too skool for cool
Does the dog get £11/hr as well?
SheilaNaGig
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Just as a point of information, to save anyone else from having to say it:
Fitzroy Square isn’t in Kensington, it’s in the district known as Fitzrovia, which is partly in Westminster and partially in Camden. Fitzroy Square itself is in Camden.
Manter
Lunch Mob
Nope. Some wages are a tiny bit higher because of ‘London weighting’ (mostly public sector) which doesn’t actually meet the cost of being in London. Most people are just fucked, many working multiple jobs to survive.
I had an argument with one of those blokes once. He told me I couldn't drink there, I told him he had no jurisdiction to tell me that I couldn't drink there. I was only passing through on the road bit at the time too which pissed me off especially. Wasted my time as I then had to stand there drinking for a minute to prove my point when I was supposed to be on my way to another pub.
I've never had any other problems other than that one time though, including often having a beer/spliff on the benches. I'm fairly discreet and not a youth/homeless so on the whole I don't think I'm their target.
Very interesting point on the parking though, if they want to cosplay there is nothing really to stop them quietly standing around so long as they don't bother people but they shouldn't be able to park there. I suspect Camden would turn a blindeye as they are providing some security to the area and give them one less thing to worry about at no cost. They may even give their blessing for the parking but it'd be good to find out for sure.
I've never had any other problems other than that one time though, including often having a beer/spliff on the benches. I'm fairly discreet and not a youth/homeless so on the whole I don't think I'm their target.
Very interesting point on the parking though, if they want to cosplay there is nothing really to stop them quietly standing around so long as they don't bother people but they shouldn't be able to park there. I suspect Camden would turn a blindeye as they are providing some security to the area and give them one less thing to worry about at no cost. They may even give their blessing for the parking but it'd be good to find out for sure.
Article from a few years ago - news.fitzrovia.org.uk/2011/06/13/dog-and-handler-let-sleeping-residents-lie/
Yeah he'd be on very fucking dodgy ground to try that.
Dog doesn't look too friendly and is that a docked tail?
Yeah he'd be on very fucking dodgy ground to try that.
Dog doesn't look too friendly and is that a docked tail?
19sixtysix
Life as viewed from a Gay Gorbals Garret
Walking round with an offensive weapon? Legal?
Anyway I'm thinking trainspotting and the air rifle scene.
Anyway I'm thinking trainspotting and the air rifle scene.
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
Shit pay in London, whatever next.
I wonder how much the houses currently cost that the patrol dog guy is protecting?
Just shy of £10 million.
House prices in Fitzroy Square, London W1T stand at £3,066,817 on average - Zoopla
The average price being lower is because some are only flats.
YouSir
Retired from Urban
And they have a guy on £11 per hour standing watch .
Have you ever been to London? Bet there's plenty of staff doing cleaning/maintenance/whatever up there for less than £11 too.
Welcome to the class war 
Welcome to the class war
I feel like I’m on the frontline sometimes when delivering parcels to mansions with manicured gardens and half mile drives to columned entrances.
And yet it seems that you want to perpetuate this system.
And yet it seems that you want to perpetuate this system.
I don’t begrudge people who have done well for themselves, many of which will have no doubt come from nothing.
In many ways I find such extravagance both shocking in an ostentatious kind of way (money can’t buy taste) yet sometimes inspirational at the same time.
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
ever wondered how many of them have made their pile by ripping off their workers with shit pay and conditions?
As long as the system is designed for the few to exploit the many, then it will be millionaires/billionaires v the rest of us.
nogojones
spelling is overrated
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One thing I have noticed is farmers seem to be absolutely rolling in cash, massive new build luxury farmhouses with Porsche 4x4’s on the drive.
8ball
Maximum Facepalm
Are you a bit dog-phobic like me?
I’m kind of scared of dogs due to early childhood experiences but dogs are definitely better than humans.
SheilaNaGig
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isvicthere?
a.k.a. floppybollocks
The pretend cop in the op looks like Chabuddy G out of People just do nothing.
Indeed. Especially those sitting on green belt land that gets rezoned for residential.
Funky_monks
Neo-Rustic
Depends entirely on where you are, how much ground you have and what you can successfully farm. Most hill farms would go bust overnight without the upland subs. One once told me that each of his ewes made him £1 in profit per annum (and I believe him).
tonysingh
Random Clever and Witty Strapline
Mate of mine has a security business that, in addition to door staff, provides K9 security services. He pays his staff a fuck lot more than £11 an hour and this is in and around north Kent. So somethings not right with the mug in the OP.
Canine security is a very specialized field. You can't just rock up with your dog and be one. Well you can, and I rather suspect that's what's happened here. You're paying shit wages and getting a shit service.
Coincidentally, my mate also has a dog kennels where her imports, breeds and trains security dogs. These ain't family pets, these pooches set you back a good few grand. I'd have concerns over the training and quality of the dog being used by the guy in the OP.
Canine security is a very specialized field. You can't just rock up with your dog and be one. Well you can, and I rather suspect that's what's happened here. You're paying shit wages and getting a shit service.
Coincidentally, my mate also has a dog kennels where her imports, breeds and trains security dogs. These ain't family pets, these pooches set you back a good few grand. I'd have concerns over the training and quality of the dog being used by the guy in the OP.
I get the impression that this particular dog patrol in Kensington is more aimed at a visual deterrent complete with security car made up to look like police car.
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