David Taylor-Smith, UK chief of global security firm G4S, has predicted that private security services will have an increased role in the coming years, as police services increase privatisation.

David said that he expected to see an increased number of deals similar to the planned programs of West Midlands and Surrey services, which would see police services carried out by private contractors such as G4S.

In an interview published today with the Guardian, David Taylor-Smith said “we would never try to take away core policing functions from the police but for a number of years it has been absolutely clear as day to us– that the configuration of the police in the UK is just simply not as effective and as efficient as it could be."