24
Mar
2015
By Calvin at 11:40 GMT, 9 years ago
I thought this story in the Waltham Forrest Guardian was a bit novel......
Retired police officers are swapping handcuffs for hand tools in a bid to battle the number of cowboy builders targeting the vulnerable.
Former Met cops are being employed by a new “trustworthy” handyman service, operating in Redbridge and Waltham Forest.
The business Blue Local Handymen hopes to protect people against the rising number of cowboy builders and rogue traders targeting elderly and disabled people.
Read the rest in the Guardian http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/11870160.Former_Met_police_officers_in_new_business_bid_to_kick_out_cowboy_builders/
