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If you look at that FoI request, it says that the Bailiffs supply their database to the Police to use in the Police ANPR vehicle.The reason for the "belated checks" is that 'live' ANPR is not being used, therefore the information may be out of date, so a PNC check is made to determine who the current Registered Keeper is.I'm not sure how you work out that the police officer looked "proper pissed off" when they all had their faces obscured by the BBC?In my experience, it is the Bailiffs who ask about upcoming ANPR Operations, not the Police asking them, and it's the Police who decide the location, times etc., and drivers are informed when the Police have completed their checks.
I'm not sure how you work out that the police officer looked "proper pissed off" when they all had their faces obscured by the BBC?
Quote from: DastardlyDick on 19 April, 2014, 06:50:12 PMI'm not sure how you work out that the police officer looked "proper pissed off" when they all had their faces obscured by the BBC?I was referring to the video below. The interesting stuff starts at 4 minutes 50 seconds. No faces obscured here and that is one pissed off copper who walks away at the end. He knows the bloke has a valid legal point and that he had been caught on camera admitting they were helping the bailiffs.Check out the sick look on the copper's face at 6 Minutes 38 seconds when the bloke asks him why he is helping the bailiffs with a civil matter. The copper took a proper spanking from the driver and was proper pissed off about it.
I'm just glad that street crime in Croydon has been eradicated to the extent that the local rozzers now have time to help private contractors intimidate the drivers of specific vehicles.
Section 163 Road Traffic Act 1988:-"Power of police to stop vehicles.(1)A person driving a motor vehicle on a road must stop the vehicle on being required to do so by a constable in uniform. .(2)A person riding a cycle on a road must stop the cycle on being required to do so by a constable in uniform. .(3)If a person fails to comply with this section he is guilty of an offence."and Section 165:-"Power of constables to obtain names and addresses of drivers and others, and to require production of evidence of insurance or security and test certificates.(1)Any of the following persons— .(a)a person driving a motor vehicle (other than an invalid carriage) on a road, or .(b)a person whom a constable has reasonable cause to believe to have been the driver of a motor vehicle (other than an invalid carriage) at a time when an accident occurred owing to its presence on a road, or .(c)a person whom a constable has reasonable cause to believe to have committed an offence in relation to the use on a road of a motor vehicle (other than an invalid carriage), .must, on being so required by a constable, give his name and address and the name and address of the owner of the vehicle and produce the following documents for examination."So the Police have the Power to stop any vehicle, at any time and require the driver to produce his/her driving documents on a road, and doesn't need a reason/suspision to do so. If that makes the UK a "Police State" then it's been one since 1988.
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