The Telegraph’s RSS feed brought this article to my attention which stated:
Britain’s only specialist art crime squad faces an uncertain future because its funding is to be halved. The decision has forced the Metropolitan Police’s Art and Antiques Unit to look for sponsorship “from anyone who will give it”….
However, Stephen House, the Met’s assistant commissioner, has told the unit to expect its funding to be slashed because art crime is not a priority for the force. He wants staff to be 50 per cent self-financing by the end of this year.
The Met Police have recently been campaigning amongst my museum colleagues for people to come forward and join their innovative scheme for Policing the art and antiques trade. My colleague Michael Lewis is one of their first intake, in what could be an interesting diversion to his day job. Read the article and see what you think…..
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