Have seen that Sussex Police are running Operation Crackdown.
www.operationcrackdown.org/
You can report abandoned vehicles through the website which is good, but you can also report anti-social driving, which among other things, they class as speeding, thoughtless or reckless driving, tailgating, using a mobile phone whilst driving or driving a vehicle which looks to be in an unsafe condition.
I don't want to turn this into a police bashing thread because I do think the police do a good job but they're hampered by politics, but I just wonder if anything will happen with the information they receive and doesn't it turn it into that website that was discussed a while back where people just post irrelevant and petty comments about peoples driving?
I see thoughtless driving several times a day but I'm not going to sit at my computer when I get home and report every case of it.
Chris
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someone's had an idea, put it into a campaign, been given some leeway, maybe a small budget even...to put it into practice........and it will work whilst that person pursues it
eventually they will move on somewhere else or some bean counter will query the budget for next year etc.........and it will all die a death
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as a sussex resident judging by the boy racers we seem to be getting around our area it might be a good idea.sx police do like there traffic cars so i imagine they might do something.as mentioned above i suppose it will get abused but i guess they will have ti sift out the rubbish.well timed as it's coming up to christmas and they always make there presence known about this time.no doubt local papers will keep us informed.
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Most of it seems a non starter to me.
For example the mobile thing. To prosecute it has to be a close range Mk 1 eyeball by a Police Officer who can deal then and there with the offender who if caught may well admit to the error of their ways. If they wish to challenge it then the officer must have the courage of their convictions and be 101% certain that the person WAS using the phone; not scratching their ears, adjusting their Bluetooths or talking to themselves, (get the picture?).
The next method is for the informer to be seen, provide a written statement and then for the offender to be traced, interviewed, reported and summonsed to court. There would be some time delay and identification/observation issues which would not stand up to any form of cross examination. Also very very labour intensive. Which is why most low level public complaints are never followed through without corroborative independent evidence. And last time I looked that was the CPS guideline.
Could you imagine how many complaints would be received about this sort of behaviour?
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Fullchat
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NOT ant-police! If they don't have manpower to turn out to a £5000 burglary in your own home (my experience) how do they have manpower, or priority allocated, to deal with "I saw the driver of XX55YYY on the phone"?
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Well likely they couldn't prosecute a motoring offense on the basis of a report via the hotline so you would likely receive a letter telling you you were a naughty boy and my response would be:
Dear Plod, I am a taxpayer and therefore your employer. Almost all categories of serious crime in my area are through the roof and you are nowhere to be seen but it seems you have time to send me this letter.
In regard to the motoring offense you refer to either prosecute me or get lost.
PS. Start doing your job instead of wasting my time.
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