Posted by 5605 on 09/08/05 09:02

On 2005-09-07 23:26:33 +0100, "Nige" <nigel.inceBUGGEROFF@btinternet.com> said:

> 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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