Police dont get speeding tickets - its official
 

This made a very interesting read.
It would be good to get any police officers on this forum to comment, either on or off the record.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...-speeding.html


Alan

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You do realise that the difference between cops and robbers is the uniform dont you?

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As a police officer I can assure you we get tickets !! And we probably have to answer to them alot more than Joe Public.

And when I had my bike accident, I was off duty, I was investigated for due care when Joe Public wouldnt have been. Sometimes we get it tougher :(

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If responding to an immediate job we will ping gatso's and yes of course they do get filed!!!

But if we are driving normally to a job (ie not a blue light run) we are not allowed to break the speed limit and if we do we get the fine like anybody else.

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There's a quote from the "brake" charity on the site... so that's my attention span gone...

Copper doing 35 paying attention is less dangerous than some doddering tw4t doing 28.

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Oh yeah responding we are only allowed to do 20mph over and if we do any more, ticket coming our way.

Also we have a virtual point system in our force, whereby you have to answer to the big computer in the corridor or power if you do anything, even dent a car.

I wouldnt do such a thing .... my last RTC I hadn't made it out the back yard ! Parked with a skip behind me and went to a blue light run, feeling very poorly all flued up and light headed, rammed it into reverse :smt099 instead of 1st and took the light cluster out with the skip ! It was a hugh blue thing, I am now know as Skippy at work :(

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He, he....





Sorry, shouldn't laugh....





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I guess you guys chance it then just like Joe Public. At least that would explain the Pan going 120ish down the M3 last night with no blue's on?? I don't mind as long as they let us do it withouth getting all high and mighty. ;)

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As all the knowledgable responses above say, Police officers on duty who get caught speeding with no justification get prosecuted just like the public. If they're involved in an RTC they get investigated much more thoroughly.
I am amazed that people really believe different!

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I think the media coverage is a load of bo***x to be honest. No idea where they get their figures from but if one bad apple is bought to light they tar the others with the same brush.

I know I will not risk my pension unless a colleague is getting the s**t kicked out of them and they put in an assistance call, then I MAY go over the 20mph circumstances taken into account.

I am also initial pursuit trained which whilst in a pursuit I can exceed the 20mph but I am constantly relaying the driving conditions to the duty manager and it his his/her decision as to whether the pursuit will continue.

As for Skippy scenario...... why did I disclose that :confused: I take offical Muppet status for that one (even had the Sgt sat next to me).