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PostPosted: Fri May 25, 2007 17:28 
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From the BBC...
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Traffic attendants in Salford are to become the first in the UK to record their work on video.
Some wardens in the area will start to wear head-mounted miniature cameras from later this month.

NCP, which supplies traffic wardens in the city, will use the film to resolve disputes over tickets and to prosecute motorists who assault or abuse staff.

The technology will also help wardens in their new role of issuing fixed penalties for anti-social behaviour.

New legislation enables the attendants to hand out tickets for activities including littering, flyposting, graffiti and allowing dogs to foul the pavement.

NCP says the cameras - already used by police and community support officers - are needed as evidence to prove beyond doubt that the penalties its wardens hand out are justified.

Wardens across the country have for several years captured parking violations on digital still cameras.


I SOOOOOOO want to see them trying that in West Bromwich! They'd be lynched!

So we now have the Police, PCSO's, Council Workers and NCP parking attendants enforcing rules???

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There is one little snag with this piece of wishful thinking.

Wrongly parked cars have a nice big label on them to identify the keeper. People littering do not and are very difficult to identify. In fact, most stories I have seen involve following the offenders back to their cars to identify them.

So, these brave wardens will thus have to physically approach the miscreants to get their names and addresses. Do you think they will be very keen? Thought not.

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PostPosted: Fri May 25, 2007 19:53 
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BottyBurp wrote:

I SOOOOOOO want to see them trying that in West Bromwich! They'd be lynched!


I'd say anywhere in the West Mids, more so if kids were involved - would only take one shout to see a potential hazard scene develop - enhanced by the liberals who say taking kids pics is not on.

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If a traffic warden was to try and do me for littering the first thing I would do is ask to see the evidence prior to accepting a fine. Of they haven't got a video camera which shows me actually dropping the litter .... :roll:

With the new Big Brother CCTV cameras they'll soon be back to parking tickets anyway :wink:

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