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10,000 Vehicles Caught by ANPR in Gedling Joint Operation by DVLA, Police, VI and Benefits Agencies
Around 10,000 road users were checked by the new ANPR cameras in Gedling during April 2005.
Of these 19 were immediately clamped and detained and 15 owners had to pay a fee to get their property released.
Those who have spent time researching British law will know that arbitrary forfeiture of property is, and has been illegal for hundreds of years yet new legislation flies in the face of established law.
It is also illegal under UN law to deprive a person of a livelihood as punishment for a criminal offence.
The Vehicle Inspectorate (VI) checked 36 vehicles and issued 25 prohibition orders. Five further cautions were handed out for unroadworthy vehicles.
What is worrying is that other agencies are now using vehicle monitoring as a method of "law enforcement".
When connected to SPECS systems this provides a system of total monitoring of movement and whereabouts.
Again, this is almost certainly illegal under the UN convention on Human Rights for the remaining 9,900 road users who have committed no crime whatsoever.
The Benefits Agency claimed to have "caught" five people who were "suspected" of working illegally whilst claiming benefit.
Police spokesman Kevin Ginnever said that this operation is currently being run a couple of days each month.
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