Caravadossi
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Unfair cop
I wrote to Nottingham police and asked if they treated motorists and real criminals equally. The reply? “The vast majority of the public never actually has any contact with the police. Those that do, we endeavour to treat fairly.” In response to a subsequent Freedom of Information request, however, Nottingham police told me that 4,396 real criminals (burglars, shoplifters, drug dealers etc) were let off with police cautions in 2010. Only six motorists received cautions, but all others committing motoring offences (no matter how minor) were prosecuted. This seems neither fair nor consistent. Drivers seldom set out to break traffic laws deliberately, but crimes such as burglary are almost always premeditated. GJ Gateshead
That’s a fair point, but police throughout the world chase soft targets. HJ
Telegraph/motoring pM6/7 2012/03/31
I wrote to Nottingham police and asked if they treated motorists and real criminals equally. The reply? “The vast majority of the public never actually has any contact with the police. Those that do, we endeavour to treat fairly.” In response to a subsequent Freedom of Information request, however, Nottingham police told me that 4,396 real criminals (burglars, shoplifters, drug dealers etc) were let off with police cautions in 2010. Only six motorists received cautions, but all others committing motoring offences (no matter how minor) were prosecuted. This seems neither fair nor consistent. Drivers seldom set out to break traffic laws deliberately, but crimes such as burglary are almost always premeditated. GJ Gateshead
That’s a fair point, but police throughout the world chase soft targets. HJ
Telegraph/motoring pM6/7 2012/03/31