Can a police officers view of policy lead 2 change

[pmanson]

A lot of the police officers believe that the current road policing effort is wrong. If enough of you complain about it will it help towards change?

For example most of know its not speed that kills, but innappropriate speed. And we also know that cameras don't save lives, but a good old fashioned bking rather than points could help a road user understand what they have done wrong.

Can't you guys talk to your bosses and make suggestions or is it all politics??

Also if its young drivers that are a danger, why don't local traffic departments offer training to students in schools in a similar way to a RideDrive course but on a smaller scale. (E.G A 1 or 2 hour session)

Surely a couple of hours invested by local officers at Schools could help both drivers and other road users.

Just an idea that came into my head (Whilest I should be revising doh)

[deeps]

Nice ideas there, i agree with you.
The trouble is i think, the issue is far greater than what is the sensible way to police our roads.
The camera partnerships stumbled across a goldmine and the government wont give it up easily.

[WMHV70]

Even worse, any sign of dissent from the current Boss's way of thinking is about the best way to get yourself off a specialist department like traffic...

[pmanson]

WMHV70 said:

Even worse, any sign of dissent from the current Boss's way of thinking is about the best way to get yourself off a specialist department like traffic...

Always the way isn't it! People like you, Tonyrec, Gone etc that have to put up with the fallout of the decisions made my people who are never out there dealing with the public.

Good luck to you, i'd rather you lot were out there policing the roads then just putting film in a camera.

And also welcome!

[WMHV70]

Thanks pmanson. Not all the speed sites are a bad idea (like the ones near schools, if at the right times), and some of the sites we operate are where we've been requested by local residents.

It would be a much better idea if the money raised wnet directly back to road safety measures like schools education programmes, but ho-hum, that'd be TOO sensible, wouldn't it...?

[pmanson]

WMHV70 said:

Thanks pmanson. Not all the speed sites are a bad idea (like the ones near schools, if at the right times), and some of the sites we operate are where we've been requested by local residents. It would be a much better idea if the money raised wnet directly back to road safety measures like schools education programmes, but ho-hum, that'd be TOO sensible, wouldn't it...?

There are some right numpty's on the local councils though.

Where I live there are three schools on the same campus and at 8 o'clock and 3 o'clock the whole place is at a standstill. The local council wanted to put speed bumps in! Even though you can't get above 10mph if you tried because of all the parked cars and buses. Luckily the idea was quickly thrown out

[autismuk]

One gets the impression with the Police that (like many other things) there is a division between statistically, promotionally orientated, arse-covering management and the poor blokes who do the actual work.