IT shows where priorities lie in this country when the people of Acomb have to employ a private security firm to get a "real security presence in the area which deters bad behaviour and helps to reassure people"(Green light for security patrol, May 30) and police in London can spend thousands of pounds employing 20 officers at 2.30am to harass the lone peace protester, Brian Haw.

B. Emmerson, Charles Street, Selby.