Villagers in Norfolk are being trained as traffic cops to advise police on “real, and 
not perceived” speeding areas.
Of course road safety is important, but I’m pretty sure that parish councils already know their hot spot problem areas.
Eight villagers in Hopton have been trained to use speed guns for the trial scheme and will report the offenders to police. Police are encouraging councils to support the scheme so it can be extended throughout the county.
This is nothing more than policing on the cheap. Let’s see more police officers on the beat in rural areas who get out and about in the community and talk to villagers. That’s the way our policing should be done.
I saw this before. It’s quite sickening.
We are becoming a nation of police spies.
Happy Birthday, Ellee. Haven’t seen you in weeks. I felt it was soon. What was it – 29 or 32 years old?
Hi James, nice to hear from you again too, it has been a while. Let us just say I am ageless. Thanks for the birthday wishes.
The previous was me, Ellee.
Yes, Happy Birthday, Ellee.
Policing should be done by the police.
There were 31,845 people killed or seriously injured on our roads in 2006. Nearly THIRTY TWO THOUSAND. That puts terrorism into perspective, I think.
If the role of the police is to protect person and property, there seems to be no more cost-effective way of deploying them than road safety.