Met Police out to show (fighting) crime pays

London's force, the largest in the country, issues tender designed to 'commercialise brand'

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Crime, proverbially, does not pay. The Metropolitan Police is aiming to prove that fighting it can – and in the process secure its finances in an age of austerity.

According to The Times, London's police force, the largest in the country with 31,000 officers, has issued a "public sector procurement notice" detailing its plans to set up a commercial arm.

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