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Why do the police fabricate offences against drivers?
I had the money and inclination to take on the boys in blue when they completely fabricated a "speeding" offence against me. They even produced a "witness" to my speeding offence. The witness, and I kid you not, emigrated when I told the boys in blue I was definitely going to have my day in court.
A court date was set and the police again wrote to me giving me a final "opportunity" to take a fine and points. As the whole thing was a fabrication with two policeman backing each others lies I declined this offer. Ten days before the court date, the boys in blue wrote to my solicitor and dropped the case with no explanation other than I had effectively been "let off". I then claimed my £2400 legal fees back from the police.
I then contacted the IPPC. Surprise surprise, all officers involved, four in total, were found to have done nothing wrong. I felt all along that if I had been a young lad in a Saxo I would have been bullied into admitting a fictitious offence, received points and buggered up my insurance record. It is a stupid magistrate who sides with police evidence merely on trusting the police word. More people need to stand up to police bully-boy tactics.
A court date was set and the police again wrote to me giving me a final "opportunity" to take a fine and points. As the whole thing was a fabrication with two policeman backing each others lies I declined this offer. Ten days before the court date, the boys in blue wrote to my solicitor and dropped the case with no explanation other than I had effectively been "let off". I then claimed my £2400 legal fees back from the police.
I then contacted the IPPC. Surprise surprise, all officers involved, four in total, were found to have done nothing wrong. I felt all along that if I had been a young lad in a Saxo I would have been bullied into admitting a fictitious offence, received points and buggered up my insurance record. It is a stupid magistrate who sides with police evidence merely on trusting the police word. More people need to stand up to police bully-boy tactics.
Asked on 23 February 2013 by GL, Malpas
Answered by
Honest John
As you say it is outrageous that the police can and do trump up charges against people, and the courts tend to believe them rather than the accused. I know this happens because friends been involved in several instances during the course of my life. On two of these occasions I am pleased to say that the court found in my friends' favour, and on one the police were clearly lying (I was called as an expert witness) and costs were awarded against them.
It is, however, more the fault of the politicians who insist on ridiculous and arbitrary targets for the police so that they can claim to have reduced "crime" when it comes to voting time. Motorists are easy game because, as you say, it is hard to disprove something like you were using a mobile phone, or eating a packet of crisps or something. Unfortunately, contrary to what one might hope, the new PCCs will are likely only to make matters worse. By the way, it amuses me when I often see a car parked on a double yellow line with its left indicator and brake lights on, and the driver on a mobile phone. Little do they realise they are then committing two offences instead of one if they had continued driving. Furthermore I think they have more chance of been spotted as they are a sitting target.
It is, however, more the fault of the politicians who insist on ridiculous and arbitrary targets for the police so that they can claim to have reduced "crime" when it comes to voting time. Motorists are easy game because, as you say, it is hard to disprove something like you were using a mobile phone, or eating a packet of crisps or something. Unfortunately, contrary to what one might hope, the new PCCs will are likely only to make matters worse. By the way, it amuses me when I often see a car parked on a double yellow line with its left indicator and brake lights on, and the driver on a mobile phone. Little do they realise they are then committing two offences instead of one if they had continued driving. Furthermore I think they have more chance of been spotted as they are a sitting target.
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