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Essex Council launches £150,000 security patrol trial in three towns
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- Essex County Council deployed six private security guards to Braintree, Colchester and Chelmsford under Operation Vanguard.
- Guards begin patrols Monday for a three-month trial funded by up to £150,000 from a community fund.
- Operation Vanguard seeks to deter anti-social behaviour and reassure women and children from 10 am to 6 pm.
- Labour councillor Lee Scordis criticised the plan, citing police reports of no crime rise linked to asylum seekers.