Howard, when we had the massive rise in Council Tax a few years back, it was explained as beign caused by the cost of funding the extra 5,000 officers the Governement had promised.
Drilling down into the numbers I discovered that new frontline officers accounted for less than 25% of the increase, with adminstration accounting for close to 75% of the increase.
Ergo, for every new frontline copper there were 3 backroom boys/girls who added nothing to fighting crime, and so your assertion about waste, is spot on.
