With all this going on why don't they catch more criminals?

[yorkiesauctions]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/whos_watching_you/7978415.stm

[BabsnRay]

perhaps because they're so busy picking on the defenseless motorist for a minor offence like a defunct light

[yorkiesauctions]

perhaps because they're so busy picking on the defenseless motorist for a minor offence like a defunct light

lol, the police catch a significant number of criminals through stopping them for minor motoring offences, so I guess that half the time when they pull a motorist they are hoping to find something else.

[klj]

I wonder if it isn't the difference between 'catching' and 'convicting' given the number of 'known' criminals let loose by the system or over-crowding these days?

[PATRIOT73]

lol, the police catch a significant number of criminals through stopping them for minor motoring offences, so I guess that half the time when they pull a motorist they are hoping to find something else.
watched a cop programme,thursday think it was

stopped a bloke fer wearin no selt belt
turns out hes on run from nik

[yorkiesauctions]

I wonder if it isn't the difference between 'catching' and 'convicting' given the number of 'known' criminals let loose by the system or over-crowding these days?

Yeah I certainly think that that comes into it. :(

[yorkiesauctions]

watched a cop programme,thursday think it was

stopped a bloke fer wearin no selt belt
turns out hes on run from nik

Yeah that happens a lot Jay. The police stop a motorist for a minor offence and then find that the car is stolen, or there is a warrant out for someone in the car, or their suspicions are raised and they find out that the occupants have been involved in an earlier crime, or they find drugs/stolen goods/tools for a crime, in the car.

If I remember correctly wasn't the Yorkshire Ripper caught because a bobby had gone to investigate his car because of a parking offence?

[MagnetsAndHangers]

perhaps because they're so busy picking on the defenseless motorist for a minor offence like a defunct light

Becomes somewhat less minor if that defunct light is responsable, or partly responsable, for an RTA in which someone loses a life.

[PATRIOT73]

Yeah that happens a lot Jay. The police stop a motorist for a minor offence and then find that the car is stolen, or there is a warrant out for someone in the car, or their suspicions are raised and they find out that the occupants have been involved in an earlier crime, or they find drugs/stolen goods/tools for a crime, in the car.

If I remember correctly wasn't the Yorkshire Ripper caught because a bobby had gone to investigate his car because of a parking offence?
u r correct my deer fellow,he twas indeed

[Spyder1942]

They say that there are not enough places in prision.Well stick them 8 to a cell.We are to soft in this country.To many laws to protect the villian and none to protect the victim.

[BabsnRay]

They say that there are not enough places in prision.Well stick them 8 to a cell.We are to soft in this country.To many laws to protect the villian and none to protect the victim.


I'll second that - that is oh soo very true.

The victim has no rights and no protection under the law whilst the villain has everything in his favour.

[moonwitch]

They say that there are not enough places in prision.Well stick them 8 to a cell.We are to soft in this country.To many laws to protect the villian and none to protect the victim.

We would have more space if we got rid of all the terrorists in our prisons who must hate our country to do what they do....stick them all together on an island somewhere surrounded by shark infested waters.

We used to send our dodgy people to Australia but they won't take them now:(