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Posted by Nige on 09/07/05 22:26
5605 wrote:
> On 2005-09-07 14:14:56 +0100, "Richard Dewsbery"
> <richard@dewsbery.freeserve.co.uk> said:
>
>>> I think that is the public relations problem the police have with
>>> many folk. The balance appears wrong. Plenty of time for traffic
>>> offences, little time for crime.
>>
>> The police have had "statistics" and "targets" foisted on them by the
>> politicians (a class which includes not only the Government but most
>> Chief Constables IMO).
>>
>> So a police force which "detects" the crime of having an illegal
>> number plate AND "clears" the crime by telling the motorist off
>> scores higher than the force which responds to a burglary with blue
>> lights blazing - unless they actually catch the burglar, they'd
>> rather you hadn't reported it in the first place TBH.
>
> Two points. Traffic offences are non-notifiable and therefore not
> "detectable crime", they may form part of some statistic but it
> certainly isn't the crime figures.
> Secondly - you never use blues and twos to a burglary.
>
>>
>> Hence speed cameras are so popular with Chief Constables - they
>> "detect" every single instance of speeding (except the speeding just
>> before and just after the camera, but as no-one conclusively saw
>> that happening we'd best ignore it and pretend that it didn't
>> happen), and the clear-up rate is high thanks to the DVLAs records. Better to process a fixed penalty
>> ticket, because then you've
>> "caught a criminal", as opposed to taking down a report of a car
>> radio theft.
>
>
> Traffic offences are not crimes and form no part of the National Crime
> Statisitics
I thought dangerous driving was??
Hey, WTF do I know?
Anyhow, enough crime, how are & you & C?
N,J &A
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