On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 23:57:27 +0000, parish parish_AT_ntlworld.com
wrote:

I read some figures in a newspaper last week which showed that, over the
last 12 months, the number of speeding prosecutions had rocketed (no
surprise really) but that prosecutions for dangerous driving had fallen
dramatically (double figure %age IIRC), and prosecutions for burglary
had fallen similarly. The point was being made that the Police are
devoting excessive resources to speeding and cameras at the expense of
other, more serious, offences. I think the burglary figures were
included to show that not only non-speeding motoring offences were affected.

That is hardly surprising given who is currently serving as Home
Secretary. Blunkett is reknowned for getting lots of meaningless
figures on his desk to woo the electorate with.

Andrew

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