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Old 09-05-18, 10:36 AM   #23
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Default Re: Oh no, not again (speeding)

When Speed Awareness courses were first introduced they were intended to divert prosecutions, however they also had to pay for themselves so the ACPO guidelines were generally ignored because they argued they weren't issuing an NIP...... For a while you got away with telling them to poke it if you were offered a course when caught below the guidelines, but that didn't last long because business managers run them, not ACPO officers.... Just remember who pulls the strings, chief constables are now appointed (and sacked) by a locally elected commissioner who basically makes him (or her) jump through whatever hoop happens to further their political career, and 5h1t only flows one way!
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