Suspects should be charged for being kept overnight in police cells, a police and crime commissioner (PCC) has said.
David Lloyd, PCC in Hertfordshire, said the "honest taxpayer" should not be forced to meet the cost.
Instead criminals "should be punished in the pocket", Conservative Mr Lloyd said in an open letter laying out policing proposals.
Hertfordshire Police said it was "working closely" with Mr Lloyd.
Mr Lloyd said he thought "most people" would agree with his plan.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-20888028
ISNT THE KEYWORD HERE,
SUSPECTS why pay for somthing you havnt done
i might agree if the person was charged with the crime, and it has not got to be paid, untill proven guilty of the said crime in a court of law,
ive got this vision of police driving round, rounding anyone one up, to fill he empty cells
they will be taking booking nxt