[Spridgets] There IS justice!!!!

[Guy R Day]

The local rumour mill has it that there'll be a few more of the office staff 
loosing jobs when the investigation into the rest of them who were suspended 
for pulling their friends tickets out of the system is completed.

Guy R Day


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "B- Evans" <b-evans at earthlink.net>
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Sent: Friday, July 04, 2008 6:39 AM
Subject: [Spridgets] There IS justice!!!!


> >From The Telegraph of London
>
>
> Speedgun King sacked as 500 motorists escape speeding fines
>
>
> A police camera operator nicknamed the "Speedgun King" has been sacked 
> after
> his force found it had issued 500 tickets in error.
>
>
> The unnamed civilian had bragged about his high conviction rate to
> colleagues in the Lancashire Constabulary.
>
> But an investigation found the cameras he operated had sometimes been
> wrongly calibrated.
>
> This has resulted in the force having to withdraw 545 speeding convictions
> and rescind 1,500 penalty points. Nearly #36,000 in fines and payments for
> speed awareness courses has also had to be refunded.
>
> Lancashire Constabulary has now dismissed the camera operator in the
> aftermath of an investigation by the Independent Police Complaints
> Commission.
>
> Naseem Malik, IPCC Commissioner for the North West, said: "This speed 
> camera
> technician failed to undertake basic checks of the systems he was 
> operating
> and as a result he undermined the integrity of hundreds of prosecutions.
>
> "It would appear he was proud of his position as the top performing camera
> technician, but it would appear he pursued quantity at the expense of
> quality - and at the expense of hundreds of motorists.
>
> "I applaud the fact that Lancashire Constabulary tackled this issue
> vigorously and it is worth noting that during the investigation the work 
> of
> every other camera technician was checked and found to be in order".
>
> The IPCC investigation found the technician's calibrations to be 
> inaccurate
> on a number of occasions between September 2006 and May 2007.
>
> Motorists who have since had their convictions overturned had been driving
> either through Blackpool or the Penwortham area of Lancashire.
>
> A file was prepared for the Crown Prosecution Service but it said there 
> was
> insufficient evidence to bring criminal charges.
>
> The sacked technician had been with the Lancashire Constabulary for two
> years.
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