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Traffic police set points system
Road traffic officers need to score 200 points a month
Traffic police in the Thames Valley are awarded points depending on who they pull over, the force has confirmed.
The road policing unit has given its 120 officers "aide-memoire-cards" with a chart apportioning different points for catching different offenders.
They get 10 points for stopping a rapist or robber, but can earn the same number of points by stopping two people not wearing their seatbelts.
Officers are set a monthly target of 200 points.
Pulling over a drink-driver, rapist, robber, burglar or disqualified driver will earn the officer 10 points, while stopping someone using a mobile phone or not wearing a seatbelt scores five points.
ARREST POINTS
50 points
Lead role at a fatal accident
10 points
Abduction suspect
Assault suspect
Drink-driving
Drugs
Offensive weapon
Rape suspect
Suspected robber
5 points
Person wanted for criminal damage
Person wanted for harassment
Mobile phone offences
Public order offences
Seatbelt offences
3 points
Defective lights
2 points
Breach of bail
Illegal immigrant
Mentally ill person
Officers can earn 50 points, the highest number available, by "taking the lead role at a fatal accident".
The new priority system has been in action since the beginning of April.
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