Reap what you sow?
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http://www.timesandstar.co.uk/news/crime/Cumbrias-...
Cumbria's Police and Crime Commissioner has been caught speeding outside the county, and has reported himself to the Police and Crime Panel.
Is he obligated to do this if it isn't a criminal offence, AND he has opted to take a SAC to avoid the points and fine?
I'm guessing but perhaps after the whistle blowing from the county force after the last PCC that he felt he should come clean before the news leaked out from somewhere!
Cumbria's Police and Crime Commissioner has been caught speeding outside the county, and has reported himself to the Police and Crime Panel.
Is he obligated to do this if it isn't a criminal offence, AND he has opted to take a SAC to avoid the points and fine?
I'm guessing but perhaps after the whistle blowing from the county force after the last PCC that he felt he should come clean before the news leaked out from somewhere!
drf765 said:
Mill Wheel said:
http://www.timesandstar.co.uk/news/crime/Cumbrias-...
Cumbria's Police and Crime Commissioner has been caught speeding outside the county, and has reported himself to the Police and Crime Panel.
Is he obligated to do this if it isn't a criminal offence, AND he has opted to take a SAC to avoid the points and fine?
I'm guessing but perhaps after the whistle blowing from the county force after the last PCC that he felt he should come clean before the news leaked out from somewhere!
The PCC didn't need to do any of those things. I wonder why he thinks he needed to.Cumbria's Police and Crime Commissioner has been caught speeding outside the county, and has reported himself to the Police and Crime Panel.
Is he obligated to do this if it isn't a criminal offence, AND he has opted to take a SAC to avoid the points and fine?
I'm guessing but perhaps after the whistle blowing from the county force after the last PCC that he felt he should come clean before the news leaked out from somewhere!
The IPCC! They will simply say "nothing to do with us, thanks."
He is an ordinary person who has been caught speeding and like anyone else has done a speed awareness course. In his position he is best to be open about it but he doesn't have to do anything else.
The media were baying for blood after that incident, despite the vehicle being booked by a member of his staff, and not the PCC himself!
drf765 said:
Let's say he kept quiet about his speeding conviction/penalty. He is entitled to.
Now let's say someone blew the whistle on him. So what?
At the very worst he would be slightly embarrassed, no more than that.
Now because of his completely daft actions he has someone like you posting up on the Internet that he has done something heinous when he hasn't.
Actually, if you read my first post, I was questioning if he needed to report himself for something so trivial, and suggesting that media hype could be to blame.Now let's say someone blew the whistle on him. So what?
At the very worst he would be slightly embarrassed, no more than that.
Now because of his completely daft actions he has someone like you posting up on the Internet that he has done something heinous when he hasn't.
As to my posting it on the internet, I suspect that the cat was out of the bag when it was published in the printed and online versions of the local paper, so why do you feel unusually critical of my starting a discussion here Steve?
Pete317 said:
What's all the fuss about anyway?
There's less than f
k-all difference between 34 and 35mph anyway
In one second at 34mph you will travel 0.0151 kmThere's less than f
k-all difference between 34 and 35mph anywayIn one second at 35mph you will travel 0.0156 km
In half a second, about 10 inches further.
Ask your wife if she thinks 10 inches is f**k all, even for half a second!
Rovinghawk said:
Mill Wheel said:
Ask your wife if she thinks 10 inches is f**k all, even for half a second!
Mine's used to it, and for much longer than half a second. 
But if it came to a secondary check of a GATSO reading, half a second is all you get, and the Home office Guidance says that the photographs should clearly show the point of contact between the tyres and the road in relation to the lines painted on the road for that reason - 10 inches could be the difference between guilty or not guilty!
JNW1 said:
You may be correct but it seems strange that several people are all claiming the same thing (and as far as I'm aware they don't know each other so I don't think it's a conspiracy!).
It could be due to several people repeating information they have read from the same corrupted source.This has become prevalent with the increase of "churnalism" - so called journalists who merely cut and paste whatever comes across their desks, without checking the validity of the source or information.
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