A police force said today it will help reduce costs by not renewing its music licence, meaning that officers will no longer be able to listen to the radio at work.
Cash-strapped Sussex Police said it will save at least £23,000 a year – equivalent to putting one more officer on the beat – by the cost-cutting measure.
Sussex Police Federation chairman Bob Brown said the force has previously paid the money to the Performing Rights Society (PRS), which collects on behalf of musicians
I’m not here to debate whether the cops should be listening to music while on the job but I am here to point out the complete and utter insanity of a police force being forced to pay for the right for their officers to listen to broadcast radio.
Michael Sauers is the Director of Logan Library in Logan, UT. Prior to this he was one of the founding staff and Technology Manager for Do Space in Omaha, NE. After earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany's School of Information Science and Policy Michael spent his first 20 years as a librarian training other librarians in technology along with time as a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, a technology consultant, and a bookseller. He has written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and has published 14 books ranging from library technology, blogging, Web design, and an index to a popular horror magazine. In his spare time, he blogs at TravelinLibrarian.info, runs The Collector's Guide to Dean Koontz website at CollectingKoontz.com, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
Unless otherwise stated, all opinions are my own and are not to be considered those of the City of Logan, UT.
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