Covert tactics to help save lives [NZ Police News]

[FatHead]

Hi All, got this through the email this morning and figured I would let you all see it

Central district riders You Have Been Warned


Hi,

A new news release is available for you to view on the Police website:

Title: Covert tactics to help save lives

"All bets are off!" That's the message from Superintendent Russell
Gibson of Central Police District, Russell Gibson who is authorising
covert tactics to prevent further deaths and injuries on our roads.

"Just like other police districts we are sick and tired of attending
nonsensical preventable crashes," says District Commander Gibson.

So far this year 22 people have lost their lives on the roads of Central
District. Operation Centreline is about to kick off and will target all
traffic offending with an emphasis on overtaking, failing to keep left,
careless and dangerous driving and slow driving.

As well as standard road policing methods, tactics will include the use
of plain and marked vehicles and video recording. Often motorists will
not realise they are being videoed until they are stopped further along
the road.

"Is it hiding, yes it is, and I make no apology for that," says Supt
Gibson.
"We are being up front about our intentions, we are just not saying
where we will be and when. If I have to have officers hiding in trees to
stop the blatant disregard for the road rules that is claiming lives
almost daily, then that is what I will do.

"I have no doubt there will be cynics who will voice their displeasure
and accuse us of revenue collecting, but I suspect there will be an
equal, if not greater number of families of victims who will applaud the
initiative.

"At the end of the day if you drive safely and within the law you have
nothing to fear. If you choose to run the gauntlet, then don't say you
haven't been warned."

Media enquiries should be referred to Communications Manager Kim Perks
on 06
351 2546 or 027 234 8256.


Please view the full news release online at:

http://www.police.govt.nz/news/release/23771.html

[748south]

i guess i agree with it as long as i dont get a ticket for 109km on the open road while i continue to watch monkeys go past my gate in town at the same bloody speed, but i guess anything that keepsus all in check is posative

[scumdog]

Good shit!

(Can't wait for the 'not fair' twats to start bleating....)

[peasea]

Good shit!

(Can't wait for the 'not fair' twats to start bleating....)

Not fair, not fair!
Oops.

[peasea]

"Covert tactics to help save lives"

Fuckin' bollocks. More like filling the coffers.

If some education went in at the top of the cliff you wouldn't need 'covert tactics' to fund the ambulance at the bottom of the cliff.

[PirateJafa]

with an emphasis on overtaking, failing to keep left,
careless and dangerous driving and slow driving.

I like the sound of this.

[98tls]

Typical,not one mention of the real issues like "those that refuse to wave".

[The Pastor]

I like the sound of this.

tickets for under 99km/hr and for being over 101km/hr heck yes!

[peasea]

Typical,not one mention of the real issues like "those that refuse to wave".

Don't you dare turn this perfectly good opportunity for a cop-bashing thread into a waving thread.

[Oakie]

If some education went in at the top of the cliff you wouldn't need 'covert tactics' to fund the ambulance at the bottom of the cliff.

It occurs to me that there is education at the top of the cliff and that prevents a lot of naughty behaviour. This other 'ambulance at the bottom' stuff is for those who ignore the education stuff. You can say "more education" will fix it but how many of the current miscreants who have already ignored the basic education (Rode Code ... safety messages ... common sense) are going to take any notice of further education? Pehaps all that is left to get these people's attention is the smack on the bottom approach?

[98tls]

"Covert tactics to help save lives"

Fuckin' bollocks. More like filling the coffers.

If some education went in at the top of the cliff you wouldn't need 'covert tactics' to fund the ambulance at the bottom of the cliff.

Wise up fella,the top of the cliff has nothing to do with coppers at all and more to do with us as a nation and the pathetic attempts to have our say once every 3 years and what comes of it.People wank on about revenue collecting whilst accepting the judgements handed down to repeat drunk drivers/toe rags with $20.000 worth of driving related fines etc etc,talk about robbing the blind.

[FatHead]

WIsh they would pick up more on the cagers using cellphones to text while driving and swerving all over the place

[scumdog]

Don't you dare turn this perfectly good opportunity for a cop-bashing thread into a waving thread.

Well it could have deviated into a beer thread instead...

Anyhoo, back on topic, at least SOMEBODY is trying to target other than speeders. (well a shitload of the KB bleaters seem to think that's all that tickets get given out for)

[Sentox]

Hooray! Now I get to be even more paranoid. Imagine if I only had my riding and the conditions to focus my attention on. Sheer lunacy. Rolling infringement hazards make life so much better.

Really, I'd like to imagine that this will target a range of poor behaviour on the roads and improve things for everyone. Something more than just ticketing those dastardly evildoers passing a lone vehicle in the middle of an otherwise empty state highway at (horror) 120kph. Or the biker making a quick pass on a slow car in the gorge (double yellows, you murderers ). Yes, the law is the law. At the moment, it also seems like a very big hammer for a problem that isn't a nail. Time will tell, I guess.

[peasea]

Wise up fella,the top of the cliff has nothing to do with coppers at all

Yes it does. Coppers, respect for others et al, it's all about basic education well before school starts and in that education is common sense. You can't sit a kid at a desk and teach common sense it comes from the very lifestyle they lead and are tought at an early age, a very early age. That's the 'top of the cliff' I'm referring to. I for one don't accept the pathetic judgements handed down to recidivist drunk drivers, lock the fuckers up. However, drunk drivers might not be what they are if they were taught (at an early age) that it's socially unacceptable to be that. It's like recycling; teach the toddlers to do it and when they are older it's second nature. Teach them to put their belts on.....etc etc.