[Penistone999]

Originally Posted by 80s Casual

Sons iphone and beats get stolen at school on Wednesday and reported to police.

Phone is connected to internet and i.p address logged same day by thief, I ring police back Thursday and get through to switchboard and ask when police are coming to take statement from son and contacting school, school ring me back Friday and due to such high value of theft £800 they are annoyed police have not been in touch with them or me, i call police again Friday asking when they are coming and one officer rings me back saying they are on 'annual leave' and will contact me next week !

You couldnt make this up.

I am seriously considering reporting this to trading standards for the police to remove the 'serve' bit from their police vehicles as it is false advertising.

What beggars belief here isnt the lack of action from the police ,as thats nothing new , but the fact that a parent lets their kid take £800 of phone and gadgets to school .

[kidley]

Sheffield Born And Bred....Now An Ex-pat After Emigrating To Barnsley

nowt rong we Barnsley

[boxlightner]

Originally Posted by ooisit

Again move some speed trap coppers to another more serious department.

So you want to close down the road policing department..??

So they will no longer have anyone to investigate serious/fatal accidents.
No one to enforce road traffic legislation.
No one to target drink drivers.
No one to deal with incidents on the motorway network..
etc
etc.

However we can have a theft from a schoolboy dealt with..

How many more times do people have to tell you..
Officers working on camera vans are on overtime, paid for by safety camera partnership.!!
Even if you could wave your magic wand and get rid of camera vans, the result on other policing is ZERO..!! It will not free up any cops, because they are working on OVERTIME..!
Is that clear enough..
Theyre on overtime, day off, spare day, none duty time, extra shift, rest day, weekly leave day, spare shift, volunteered to work.....
does that help...?

How many points have you had from safety camera vans.?
They are publicised before placement you know, and nearly always in regular spots. If you just drive sensibly and within the limit, they dont cost you money/points.

[ooisit]

Originally Posted by boxlightner

So you want to close down the road policing department..??

So they will no longer have anyone to investigate serious/fatal accidents.
No one to enforce road traffic legislation.
No one to target drink drivers.
No one to deal with incidents on the motorway network..
etc
etc.

However we can have a theft from a schoolboy dealt with..

How many more times do people have to tell you..
Officers working on camera vans are on overtime, paid for by safety camera partnership.!!
Even if you could wave your magic wand and get rid of camera vans, the result on other policing is ZERO..!! It will not free up any cops, because they are working on OVERTIME..!
Is that clear enough..
Theyre on overtime, day off, spare day, none duty time, extra shift, rest day, weekly leave day, spare shift, volunteered to work.....
does that help...?

How many points have you had from safety camera vans.?
They are publicised before placement you know, and nearly always in regular spots. If you just drive sensibly and within the limit, they dont cost you money/points.

I love it how you just take great leaps and misquote people.
Where do I say I want to close down any department?, talk about a drama queen..
In a nutshell the people above could do OVERTIME as you put it in other departments of law enforcement.

Is that clear enough?

[kidley]

Originally Posted by ooisit

I love it how you just take great leaps and misquote people.
Where do I say I want to close down any department?, talk about a drama queen..
In a nutshell the people above could do OVERTIME as you put it in other departments of law enforcement.

Is that clear enough?

And where would the money come from to pay for that?

[ooisit]

Originally Posted by kidley

And where would the money come from to pay for that?

So we only have police on overtime who are collecting revenue.
Do the police make money out of speed camera revenues in this country?

[monkey104]

Originally Posted by shane39

Err!

Spending too much time and money on diversity courses bla bla bla!

I'm saying nothing

[Grandad.Malky]

Originally Posted by Xt500

No matter how old they are or how much the phone was,they are entitiled to take it where ever they like within the rules of the establishment they visit and it should be safe to do so,and if not then it should be the responsibility of the police to police it promptly and efficiantly and appoint an officer who is actually on duty.
Thats what we pay massive amounts of tax for isnt it?

I am not allowed a phone at work , I very much doubt that schools encourage pupils to take phones to school, especially high valued phones.

[kidley]

Originally Posted by ooisit

So we only have police on overtime who are collecting revenue.
Do the police make money out of speed camera revenues in this country?

Not according to this


I had to fork out £60 after being caught by a speed camera doing 37mph on a three-lane road where the limit is normally 50mph.

Speed cameras: Where does our money go?
I'm sure hundreds if not thousands of drivers must have been caught out on this stretch because road works have been going on for months and everyone seemed to be doing at least 40mph.
Who gets this money and what is it used for? D.Y., West London
Simon Moon from This is Money replies: I spoke to the Ministry of Justice and the Department for Transport who told me the income from speeding fines goes into what is known as the Treasury's consolidated fund, which is a bit of jargon that really means the Government's own bank account.
The Department for Transport told me its most recent figure (2006/07) for the total revenue from drivers caught by speed cameras in England and Wales was £104.4m.
This was down from £114.6m the previous year.
It was at pains to point out that the Government gives £110m a year to all the local authorities in England and Wales to spend on road safety.
I guess that means even more roadside cameras for drivers to worry about.


Read more: http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/e...#ixzz1zam9Zbkt

[boxlightner]

Originally Posted by ooisit

I love it how you just take great leaps and misquote people.
Where do I say I want to close down any department?, talk about a drama queen..
In a nutshell the people above could do OVERTIME as you put it in other departments of law enforcement.

Is that clear enough?

You said put cops working on speed cameras to "a more serious department"
Thus OUT of the road policing department, as you have said.

In a nutshell as you would like. No, the overtime for the Officers on speed cameras comes from the safety camera partnership. The safety camera partnership are there to run speed cameras for the police. They wont pay for Officers to work on a "more serious department".

Do the police make money out of speed camera revenues in this country

Once again, as others have told you. No. It goes direct to the governement.

So we only have police on overtime who are collecting revenue

You keep using the phrase "collecting revenue"
Thats not what is going on. They are enforcing road traffic legislation..? Where does the word "revenue" get used in the criminal justice system.?
Nor do "collect". Because they dont deal with the money.
Its not revenue.. Its fines.. ??

You seem to be in a minority of people who believe in some huge conspiracy that police are pocketing millions in speeding fines..

But yes, as has been said before. The huge majority of mobile camera sites are run by Officers on overtime paid for, by speeding fines. The fines also pay for more cameras AND the vans. Brilliant isnt it.!

Personaly. I think the cops should keep every penny, and the individual Officers be on a bonus and a profit share scheme, to encourage them to catch more and more people speeding, every day of the week, and stop publishing the locations in advance. Maybe then the idiots driving faster than speed limits allow will slow down and stick to the law.

[Shoesme]

I don't get why people have a problem with the phone being expensive? The lad paid for it himself. I have an expensive phone, i take it everywhere, i'm not showing off by having it.

Should everyone buy the cheapest version of everything?

[danot]

Originally Posted by Grandad.Malky

Calm down mi-owd you will blow a fuse ……. The police have limited resources and have to prioritise that’s all.

By prioritize, do you mean devote their time to dealing with offences that result in a fine? such as driving offences? Because it does seem as though tackling these offences has become a priority.

[Lounge Jay]

Am I the only one that thinks that kids shouldn't have mobile phones at school?!