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PostPosted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 23:17 
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http://news.scotsman.com/uk.cfm?id=184042006


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PostPosted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 23:57 
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Yeah, another SuperPlod finding a smokescreen to mask his forces' p!ss-poor results in solving real crime...
"Clarkson's high-profile - he'll take the punter's minds off a wee Scots herdie who can't catch his own @rse with both hands and a diagram..."

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PostPosted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 10:57 
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H ow about making police funding performance related - i.e. higher the clean up rate for thefts from/of vehicles -/from houses - more cash they get - of course some like this lot would end up owing the LA.

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PostPosted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 11:02 
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H ow about making police funding performance related - i.e. higher the clean up rate for thefts from/of vehicles -/from houses - more cash they get - of course some like this lot would end up owing the LA.


Trouble is doesn't mean they will actually stop thefts. We have all seen reports that say Mr. Toerag appeared in court charged with three counts of theft. He asked for two hundred other offences to be taken into consideration.

Solving the crime only means finding out who did it - not stopping the b:censored: s.


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PostPosted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 11:06 
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Good start - at present you get a broken window ,a police statement and sod all else .No sorry two weeks later a letter saying they can't get anywhere - .This way they might actualy put bodies on the street,and hopefully catch some in the act.

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http://news.scotsman.com/uk.cfm?id=184042006

" the lead officer on road policing for the Association of Chief Police Officers Scotland,"... Why is it that these characters are always so utterly anal about speeding? Why don't they get agitated about something really dangerous like lack of attention or tailgating?

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Another civil servent who has dreams of politics.

if clarkson is inciting people to break the law then I'm sure one of our numerous laws could be used to tackle this heinous miscreant.


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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0, ... 39,00.html

Won't take off - Blair (the cop) suggests getting cops bak on the streets and out of cars.(and i suppose police stations) :lol:

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pogo wrote:
Why is it that these characters are always so utterly anal about speeding? Why don't they get agitated about something really dangerous like lack of attention or tailgating?

Ummm, not much money in it? Detection cannot be automated? Would mean putting BiB's out on the road?!? :shock:

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John Vine, the Chief Constable of Tayside Police, and the lead officer on road policing for the Association of Chief Police Officers Scotland, challenged Clarkson to do more to emphasis road safety on his motoring programmes.

yeah.....call in :ss: for an interview :D

Not as daft as it sounds. :ss: would be preaching to the perfect target audience, could get more funding this way!

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About 300 people are killed every year on Scotland's roads…….

………..and how many of these are caused by responsible Joe Average exceeding a speed limit? (excluding the unregistered, joyriders and those involved in pursuits) :roll:


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