Non Arrival of - The Notice of Intended Prosecution

On initial inspection this appears to be fairly obvious and we would agree. The ACPO Code of Practice for Operational Use of Road Policing Enforce ent Technology provides a huge nu ber of correct procedures that the police are intended to adhere to whereby these reco endations if used correctly will ensure that the police do their !ob correctly. The police are only hu an with all the frailties that we all suffer" ta#ing shortcuts in the wor#place is co o place. $n discharging their responsibilities of adhering to the correct procedures where their Code of Practice is concerned% will result in the police failing to do their !ob correctly. $n the a!ority of cases the people who suffer through this failure of the police doing their !ob correctly is usually the otoring public. &owever% on this occasion the beneficiaries of this lapse by the police could easily be the savvy otorist who realise that the police once again have decided not to adhere to the correct procedures reco ended by The ACPO Code of Practice for Operational Use of Road Policin !nforce"ent Technolo y# The savvy otorist #nows that the reco ended practice for the police is to send the 'otice of $ntended Prosecution by Recorded $elivery% thus ensuring that %the alle ed& offender cannot clai non receipt of the 'otice within () days of the alleged offence. *ailure to prove receipt of the '$P within that period will nullify the offence. The %savvy& otorist also #nows that this theory can tested% as a '$P doesn+t need to be returned for ,- days #nowing that the Police will send a re inder before the ,- day period. At this point we ust stress that this is infor ation is freely available in The ACPO Code of Practice for Operational Use of Road Policin !nforce"ent Technolo y in which we have constantly clai ed that the police continually discharge their responsibilities% of failing to adhere to the correct procedures within the Code this being !ust one e.a ple it is /uite obvious and of little surprise% that the %savvy& otorist uses this shortcut to by0pass the %'yste"& to overco e a speeding allegation. As a responsible Publication (e "ust stress that this is not a reco""endation) *ut "erely infor"ation that is freely availa*le) providin an e+a"ple of constant a*use *y the police) of The ACPO Code of Practice for Operational Use of Road Policin !nforce"ent Technolo y# !,ually) -e do not reco""end that the %'avvy& "otorist infor" other "otorist of this issue# To find out "ore a*out The ACPO Code of Practice for Operational Use of Road Policin !nforce"ent Technolo y and

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