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MovedGoalPosts · 08-07-2010, 11:04

Whilst I agree with the principal of if you can't pay then don't break the rules, and that if there wasn't some enforcement then there would inevitably be anarchy, there has been a worryingly increased trend of the indiscriminant use of CCTV type enforcement.

OK so it's not a labour intensive as the good old fashioned talking to dished out by a police office, but officers could apply discretion and common sense that the CCTV cannot. Moreover the officer's sixth senses can be tingling and the opportunity to speak to someone for something minor can then perhaps lead to something more significant which the dumb CCTV would never detect.

08-07-2010, 11:04	#4
MovedGoalPosts Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: 127.0.0.1 Age: 59 Posts: 15,868	Re: CCTV 'spy cars' rake in £8m in fines Whilst I agree with the principal of if you can't pay then don't break the rules, and that if there wasn't some enforcement then there would inevitably be anarchy, there has been a worryingly increased trend of the indiscriminant use of CCTV type enforcement. OK so it's not a labour intensive as the good old fashioned talking to dished out by a police office, but officers could apply discretion and common sense that the CCTV cannot. Moreover the officer's sixth senses can be tingling and the opportunity to speak to someone for something minor can then perhaps lead to something more significant which the dumb CCTV would never detect.