Operation Crackdown - Sussex Police version of Roadsafe

[gaz]

Another letter sent out to someone else on the phone (my first report at least).



Another driver I reported for speeding and passing too close however returned:



I'd love to see a copy of one of the letters they send out.

Ask them for one, I did with roadsafe and they sent it to me.

 

[Peowpeowpeowlasers]

Great, isn't it? If you're a policeman and see someone driving and using their phone, bang, it's an easy conviction and one more for the stats.

If you're a member of the public and obtain cast-iron proof of someone using their phone while driving, it's "oooo, can't really be bothered."

The lesson is: "Laws are for the police, not the public. Go away and bother someone else."

 

[daSmirnov]

And a follow up... I had a pretty serious incident on Monday where I was injured... I thought I'd try reporting it via Operation Crackdown before heading to the police station, just to see what sort of response OC would generate. Sure enough it seems like humans actually do read it and it isn't filed into a database until they get two reports, before being read by a person - as they asked for footage and advised me to report it to the local station.

 

[gaz]

And a follow up... I had a pretty serious incident on Monday where I was injured... I thought I'd try reporting it via Operation Crackdown before heading to the police station, just to see what sort of response OC would generate. Sure enough it seems like humans actually do read it and it isn't filed into a database until they get two reports, before being read by a person - as they asked for footage and advised me to report it to the local station.

Good to hear and I hope you are ok.

 

[daSmirnov]

Good to hear and I hope you are ok.

Just a scratch and some bruising. More importantly the bike is fine. More of a brown-saddle moment than anything.

 

[iwantanewbike]

I find that if you send a report in and only have words to back it up, whether it's a close pass or whatever, @OpCrackdown nearly always send an advisory letter.

However, send them a video clearly showing the driver's face together with their dangerous tailgating, bullying and threatening behaviour and they won't do anything other than "keep the vehicle details on the database".
Which is great if you're the psychopath in the car who then thinks they can get away with anything from then on.

As much as I really don't want to criticise the scheme, "damb squib" springs to mind.

 

[User269]

You say the vehicle wasn't on the insurance database, so why can't the police follow this up, it can't be that difficult?

Quite.
I e-mailed my 'safer neighbourhood team' (police) through their webpage after I'd been testing a new camera, and out of curiosity had checked a vehicle; it was uninsured, and also a different colour than shown on the database. 2 weeks later they e-mailed back asking me to ring 101 so the incident can be logged to the appropriate team. I despair.

 

[Drago]

How can You have a crime number when no crime has offered? Perhaps you have an incident number a URN, or whatever its called locally?