My interactions with plod have been very infrequent but on those occassions where I have had dealings with them they have been sadly lacking.
1) 3am one morning I was pulled for having "One rear light not as bright as the other". Breathalyzed, given a producer and had to provide a test from an MOT station that it met regs (the tester couldn't tell which one he was supposed to test and they were both fine). Desk plod said "Not another!" when I took the docs in. Apparently she'd stopped quite a few vehicles that evening for spurious reasons.
2) Stopped on my way to work for having the tax disc in the wrong place. It was on the upper LHS not the lower LHS even though the rake on the Chevy windscreen meant it was more visible at the top.
3) Parents came down on train to visit us for a week or two. On the return journey the train stopped at Leicester where plod herded dozens of drunken Sheffield United football fans onto the train complete with their packs of booze. For the remainder of the journey the other passengers were forced to put up with fans urinating in the corridors, foul language and verbal abuse. Just so Leicestershire plod could get rid of the problem as quickly as possible.
My dad didn't want to make a fuss so I made an official complaint.
4) 4 weeks ago a bunch of "Travellers" (sic) gathered near Micheldever and started horse and trap racing on the A33. What did Hampshire plod do?
They closed the A33 to regular traffic for two days and let the £$^&ers carry on!
When they'd exhausted their horses they descended on the Crowne Plaza hotel, drank the place dry and abused the staff there. When plod were called they "gave the manager advice."
Plod have already said that they might not be able to prevent a repeat of the racing planned for later this month.
Forgive me for not being a big fan.
Last edited by: Kevin on Sun 30 May 21 at 21:10
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