Had to go to Uxbridge the other day, and saw what at first glance looked like to two police officers. On closer inspection, I noticed the badges on their flak jackets or whatever it was they were waring said not Metropolitan Police, but London Borough of Hillingdon Environmental Enforcement.

No doubt they were bravely handing out £80 fines to people dropping dog ends. What a shame they could have popped round the corner into Rockingham Recreation Ground and made themselves more useful dealing with this:


If the idea is to have a tidy borough, seems absurd paying police look-alike enforcers to pounce on people dropping fag butts, while not taking care of emptying the bins in beauty spots.