Cycling Dan
Cycle Crazy
I made a new post as the other one well.....
Update
I went down to my local station today. All seemed good. I started talking with the officer and all seemed well. We talked about the footage and agreed that it showed the driver to be clearly on the phone texting. He then asked " what do you want from this" i had a line ready but baffled talking about telling him its not right blar blar. What i should have said is a warning which is what i meant. He then said "i dont know what you idea of the police is but we dont go round prosecuting every person". "When i see people with their phone i don't always give out a ticket... i will talk to them about the dangers." I said "i understand". He continued as said" When i give them a talking to they leave thinking im a good guy hes alright, rather than that bastard just give me a ticket". He tried to make a point that this was better. I just sat there thinking, these people are going to leave thinking oh this guys a nice guy. Hes also a push over and if i do it again so what, hes just going to talk to me.
I was there sitting thinking what i expect from the police is to uphold law and order.
However i didnt say this becuase
This is where it all goes downhill
He said that " since this was reported by a member of the public it will be very unlikely that it will lead to prosecution" "Even with the video evidence to support you it will still be as unlikely as it was reported by a MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC.
Then we went off the phone user onto me. He then give me a lecture about me having a video camera and how this could antagonize people. I felt like i had fell victim to my own reporting.
I said i was aware of this but he still went on and on and on. I didnt come for a leacture. What really got me was his comment.
"Leave the policing to the police"! In no way am i policing, why do you think i reported it to you. That really annoyed me.
What really pissed me off was what came next!!
My age was also brought into question. The fact i was rather young somehow diminished the value of what i was saying. He came out with a cracking line of "i have more experience than you have been alive"
He stated "last night there were 2 officer to portal the area from this station yesterday because we dont have many officers". He then went on to state " with these two officers what if there was a house being broken into round the corner" "Only 2 officers". "We should we be... becuase im talking to you about a moblie phone and there is a house being broken into". I said "at the house" He then said "im just trying to create context" I felt like saying no mate you're just saying me being here is a BIG farkING WASTE OF MY TIME! I felt that i was at fault for reporting this person. Rather than the inefficiency of reporting things like this. Very victimizing!
I left with the impression that they don't care and the fact im a member of the public discredits what i say.
The FACT is here the police dont have anything like roadsafe so its impossible to report anything without an officer seeing you in person, which is ridiculous!
What will happen is that the job will be delegated to the bigger station only a few minutes away. So the comment was unneeded.
It was agreed that they would speak to the driver and that he would be ADVISED, not warned ADVISED not to use his little phone while driving.
However i would not find out about it because of the DATA protection act which i know is bullshit as the last two times i reported things more serious than this i got a update of what happened the next day!
Overall i kept a smile on my face and not expressing my view and feelings.
Well after all, the driver is going to get advise.
Although i left feeling i was the one in the wrong and that drivers on their phone were not bound by law!
Edit: The officer i talked to was not even the person that i was sent to talk to, he got caught up. So it could have be some desk clerk for all i know.
Update
I went down to my local station today. All seemed good. I started talking with the officer and all seemed well. We talked about the footage and agreed that it showed the driver to be clearly on the phone texting. He then asked " what do you want from this" i had a line ready but baffled talking about telling him its not right blar blar. What i should have said is a warning which is what i meant. He then said "i dont know what you idea of the police is but we dont go round prosecuting every person". "When i see people with their phone i don't always give out a ticket... i will talk to them about the dangers." I said "i understand". He continued as said" When i give them a talking to they leave thinking im a good guy hes alright, rather than that bastard just give me a ticket". He tried to make a point that this was better. I just sat there thinking, these people are going to leave thinking oh this guys a nice guy. Hes also a push over and if i do it again so what, hes just going to talk to me.
I was there sitting thinking what i expect from the police is to uphold law and order.
However i didnt say this becuase
This is where it all goes downhill
He said that " since this was reported by a member of the public it will be very unlikely that it will lead to prosecution" "Even with the video evidence to support you it will still be as unlikely as it was reported by a MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC.
Then we went off the phone user onto me. He then give me a lecture about me having a video camera and how this could antagonize people. I felt like i had fell victim to my own reporting.
I said i was aware of this but he still went on and on and on. I didnt come for a leacture. What really got me was his comment.
"Leave the policing to the police"! In no way am i policing, why do you think i reported it to you. That really annoyed me.
What really pissed me off was what came next!!
My age was also brought into question. The fact i was rather young somehow diminished the value of what i was saying. He came out with a cracking line of "i have more experience than you have been alive"
He stated "last night there were 2 officer to portal the area from this station yesterday because we dont have many officers". He then went on to state " with these two officers what if there was a house being broken into round the corner" "Only 2 officers". "We should we be... becuase im talking to you about a moblie phone and there is a house being broken into". I said "at the house" He then said "im just trying to create context" I felt like saying no mate you're just saying me being here is a BIG farkING WASTE OF MY TIME! I felt that i was at fault for reporting this person. Rather than the inefficiency of reporting things like this. Very victimizing!
I left with the impression that they don't care and the fact im a member of the public discredits what i say.
The FACT is here the police dont have anything like roadsafe so its impossible to report anything without an officer seeing you in person, which is ridiculous!
What will happen is that the job will be delegated to the bigger station only a few minutes away. So the comment was unneeded.
It was agreed that they would speak to the driver and that he would be ADVISED, not warned ADVISED not to use his little phone while driving.
However i would not find out about it because of the DATA protection act which i know is bullshit as the last two times i reported things more serious than this i got a update of what happened the next day!
Overall i kept a smile on my face and not expressing my view and feelings.
Well after all, the driver is going to get advise.
Although i left feeling i was the one in the wrong and that drivers on their phone were not bound by law!
Edit: The officer i talked to was not even the person that i was sent to talk to, he got caught up. So it could have be some desk clerk for all i know.
