WHAT’S this? The new, still wet-behind-the-ears Police and Crime Commissioner Anthony Stansfeld, pictured, wants to raise council tax precepts to raise further funding for the police (November 20).

I should coco, me old pal! Listen here, my old son, and let me help you to start your new job on the right foot.

Before you go one step further forward, Tony, let’s stop all this nonsense about wanting more money from the taxpayer and council taxpayers.

Be advised that here’s a bit of hard-learned advice for you to ease you into your new seat.

Come a bit closer – I don’t want everyone to hear – but if I were you, I’d put a small note in each and every local newspaper in the Thames Valley, asking that if anyone out there can identify a police waste of money, time and resources, then drop you a line to let you know.

You’ll be inundated within a week or so.

In fact, before you venture too much further with this brilliant idea, give me a call and I’ll give you a scoop on how you’ll save £10,000 or so in the first year alone.

And, better still, if it’s a serving cop that fingers a money-saving scheme, give him a bonus too. Got to be worth a try, don’t you think?

But I won’t be holding my breath.

PETER LAIDLER

Aston Close

Abingdon