Repeatedly subject to incorrect NIP by Metropolitan police.

[ohopkins]

Hi BiB,

I would like to request some advice. My friend part exchanged a car to a garage earlier this year and made sure the he advised DVLA of this correctly.

The problem is that he has now been the subject of 6 NIP's ( from the OCU unit, and presumed to be camera NIPS as they state " supported by photographic evidence " ) incorrectly addressed to him. Each and every time he has to go through all the paper work and prove it is not him, and that he sold the car and followed his legal obligation to update the DVLA. The OCU often do not accept his version of events straight away and often ignore his letters completly, sending a further letter advising him that he will be prosecuted.

This is causing him not inconsiderable stress and is very inconvenient, and as he is an elderly gentleman this is more of an issue than you might think with implications for his health.

The DVLA seem to be blameless here, as their records were updated correctly and with further checks have advised him that he is not the current registered owner of the car.

Is there a way of stopping this once and forcing the Metropolitan Police/Camera partnership to update their records and to stop their harassment of an innocent man ?

Who does he complain to ?

[Raify]

Why not just wait until it gets to court, turn up with all the evidence and make the Scameraship + DVLA look like pr1cks?

I bet once they've had to pay court costs, they'll update their records.

That's what I'd do, but then I'm not an elderly gentleman....

[BliarOut]

I thought that too, but it'll just keep happening unless they update the PNC.

Perhaps he could involve the PCA? After all, he is being harrassed.

[Cooperman]

If he has the evidence that he has told them already, he should now send them a letter informing them that if he receives any more of these he will be billing them for his time at, say, £100 per hour, and threaten to enforce it in the small claims court if necessary. Then he should do exactly that. He has to warn them first and let them know what his charge rate per hour, or part thereof, will be for administrative assistance.
That should do it.

[WildCat]

Trouble ist - he talk to a computer.

I would bet that all these letter are standard computer generated - which also lend substance to concerns over merged police forces, black boxes, ID cards und everything else: they do not update computer records or even read letter they receive.

So - he wait to go to court - und have satisfaction of seeing red faces - eggs on faces...

Or - he send another letter enclosing a photocopy of all documents which he get a solicitor to certify as genuine copy, pointing out the considerable expense which he would like re-imbursing.

Or - he telephone editor of newspaper with story - und show all his documents and correspondence to a journalist... They do not like bad publicity.