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NEWSFLASH, traffic cops in 'doing their job' shocker!



I don't understand why this is news. The tone of the piece is a bit odd too.

Isn't this what trafpol used to do before they were all replaced by cameras? The story suggests this is some amazing, brilliant new idea, when in actual fact it's merely a small step in the right direction, as well as something they should have been doing all along anyway!

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You are right about the tone of the piece. Does it mean that the Camera Partnership are paying the police from their (now more flexibly distributable) income to do their normal job? Is it a sneaky way to divert previously unavailable funds to the police?

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Malcolm W.
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It doesn't make sense either.
Who stopped the 2,000 red light jumpers if officers only caught 114 motorists?

Is it just a badly written article with overlapping time frames or what?

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similar story in southampton...
http://www.thisissouthampton.co.uk/disp ... rivers.php
"Nearly 50 people have been arrested for crimes such as drug possession, burglary and drink-driving."

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This approach has been endorsed by Attorney General ever since 1951. CPS Code

No, I see where the problem is. "The nearly 2,000 drivers were stopped for jumping red lights." They were probably not stopped but perhaps recorded by red light cameras.

The 114 motorists were nicked under Operation Roadsafe, which is -presumably- a separate scheme to the red light operation.

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But red light cameras are safety cameras.

Flippin' journalists...mutter...mutter...

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It just goes to show something

In 6 months officers felt 114 drivers were so awful at the task at hand that they had to be stopped, spoken to and punished. They may have stopped and given an earful to some more. In the mean time, the cash cams felt that 20,000 drivers needed punishing - the police evidently didn't agree but 20,000 motorists still ended up with points on their license, an increase in insurance and fines, all for something the police mostly didn't agree with (as far more than 114 would have been stopped otherwise!)

It certainly sounds as if camera partnership funds are being spent on other aspects of road safety. This is clearly a move in the right direction.

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Not sure how ANPR is going to help in arresting for those crimes unless the vehicle is registered to known offenders with outstanding warrants.



With the reliance on technology, the "I got a feeling about that car" incidences will fall and many more will get away. How many first conviction serious criminals have been caught because a trafpol had a feeling about the car?

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That's true. And didn't Peter Sutcliffe get arrested by a traffic officer who felt there was something amiss?

Of course, there's another reason why criminals get nicked for drugs, burglaries, etc., as well as traffic and motoring violations. If you sell drugs, burgle houses, mug people, con pensioners, etc., etc., you are not going to get into a panic over the fact that you 'forgot' to get an MOT, did not pay your car tax or haven't got a licence!

There was story about a robber who got away with a lot for many years before he was eventually caught. They asked him how he had done it?

Easy, he told them. Always wear a smart suit and look clean and presentable. And make sure that everything you own is legal. TV licence, drivers licence, car tax, MOT up-to-date, etc.

Thank god most of them are too stupid to think like him!

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