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In addition, the number of motorists caught for speeding by police officers
increased between 2002 and 2003 (Home Office, 2005). Comparative
figures for camera and police enforcement of speeding offences is
given below:



From these figures, there can be no doubt that there has been a significant
increase in the use of speed cameras as a means of detecting
speeding motorists. In part, this is the result of the new funding
mechanisms introduced in the Vehicle (Crimes) Act 2001. There also
appears to have been some decline in police action in catching speeding
motorists since 1999. However, it is also important to note that police
action has itself increased over the last two years: by 5% between
2001 and 2002 and by 43% between 2002 and 2003. The latter increase
parallels a comparable increase of 44% in camera activity between
the same years.

Please service the following request made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

I refer to the PACTS article, "Research briefing on speed" published 8th June 2005: http://www.pacts.org.uk/policy/briefing ... search.pdf.

I wish to see related documents as follows:

Background information that supports the table part way down page 3 of the research briefing that provides a split of "enforcement by police" between

a) police going about their normal duty and following suspects for 2/10ths of a mile or more, and

b) police purely using mechanical speed traps and/or laser/radar traps?

As a more representative control, I would also welcome two other statistical collections over the same years, as follows:

"police prosecutions for all non-speeding and non-parking traffic offences"

and

"police prosecutions for all non-speeding and non-parking offences that were not precipitated by callouts from members of the public".

The address for correspondence is:

My name and address

Please acknowledge this Freedom of Information request.

I would prefer to receive your reply in electronic form by email.

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Best Regards,

I am drafting an FOI to expand the top line of this...