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Essex County Council funds £150,000 security trial in three towns
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- Essex County Council will draw £150,000 from a community fund to hire private security guards in three town centres.
- Operation Vanguard will trial six security operatives, two per town, working 10 am–6 pm, seven days a week.
- The three-month trial is expected to cost about £118,000 plus VAT.
- Reform UK council leader Peter Harris says the operation will deter anti-social behaviour and reassure residents.