Alison H
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The whole issue of policing and security is a muddle. What annoys a lot of people is that taxpayers' money is used to fund policing for political protests, even when these are by extremist groups to whom most people are vehemently opposed. Policing outside sports grounds etc is also state-funded, which is questionable when big clubs are spending tens of millions of pounds on buying one player.
However, as far as security for individuals goes, AFAIK it's only senior royals, government officials and diplomats.
I don't know what would happen if someone - say a high profile businessperson or celebrity - received a specific threat, though. But that would be in response to a specific incident, not ongoing, anyway. You certainly do not get police protection because of harassment or intrusion: you just get a restraining order telling whoever's making the threats to stay away from you. It's a shame you don't, because there've been so many cases of people being attacked by violent exes whom they'd reported to the police, but there just aren't the resources.
However, as far as security for individuals goes, AFAIK it's only senior royals, government officials and diplomats.
I don't know what would happen if someone - say a high profile businessperson or celebrity - received a specific threat, though. But that would be in response to a specific incident, not ongoing, anyway. You certainly do not get police protection because of harassment or intrusion: you just get a restraining order telling whoever's making the threats to stay away from you. It's a shame you don't, because there've been so many cases of people being attacked by violent exes whom they'd reported to the police, but there just aren't the resources.
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