Thursday, 3 December 2009

This is good.

Nice to see the police are out with the inspectors today. It's always funny seeing the overriders and ticket fraudsters getting what they deserve. I'm waiting for my 7 and saw these getting off the 347 stand! It's just a shame they are never there when you want them to be.

5 comments:

  1. Anonymous3/12/09 16:19

    I would have thought this was more a job for PCSO's rather than regular police officers.
    When i recently had my car broken into it took two days for the police to come and take a statement as they were'too busy'.
    Too busy catching fare evaders.

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  2. Anonymous3/12/09 16:20

    Fare evaders affect more people than a car break-in.

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  3. Anonymous3/12/09 16:53

    I agree.
    I recently witnessed a simular operation in Oldham. It's something that needs dealing with but as most people caught just had there passes confiscated or were given cautions perhaps it would be a job PCSO'S could have dealt with.
    But on the other hand i can see the advantage of spending the day in a dry warm dry bus station.
    Leave the serious crime for another day!

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  4. I'm not sure of the percentage as i am still working but i remember from a training meeting. A large percentage of the people with fraudulent tickets are wanted for other crimes. From memory i think it's about 70 percent. This is why real police do it. It's also reassuring for the normal people on the bus.

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  5. Anonymous3/12/09 18:46

    Im not saying its a bad thing. Its a crime at the end of the day. However this type of operation must use a certain amount of resources. Sometimes it seems a little over the top to catch a few benefit cheats and junkies.

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