Preverting Justice:  Scamera Operation diverting funds from traffic school to police and scamera operator.  (Also one officer ignoring DANGEROUS crimes for "paper" work duties).

http://www.freedomfordrivers.org/ABD_London_News028.pdf  On page 3.

Perverting Justice

In previous editions, we have covered the apparent conspiracy to divert fees from speed wareness courses to finance the operations of the police and the “Thames Valley Safer Roads Partnership”.

Incidentally comments in the last newsletter that the latter organisation had been taken over by a private organisation named Safer Roads might have been misleading, because we understand that the police are now running the operation although Safer Roads do seem to be involved in
some regards. 

The complaint about what is happening is still being progressed. But it was interesting to read of a story in the news recently concerning PC Michele Selby who was given a prison sentence
for ignoring a crime in Strathclyde. She seemed to be in a hurry to deliver letters to another police station and ignored a clear attempt by someone armed with a screwdriver, crowbar and wrench to break into a restaurant. After talking to the person concerned, she let him go and said to another police officer that the culprit “would have got the jail if she could be bothered”. The conviction was for “perverting the course of justice”.
 

(Editor: one has to ask what is the difference between this case and the waiving of prosecutions for motoring offences. It is obviously sensible that the police have some discretion to waive prosecution of minor offences – and give a warning. Indeed I am not opposed to them offering education courses as an alternative. But financing their operations, partly or wholly, from the fees that motorists are forced to pay unless they wish to go to court or accept penalty points is surely wrong).

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