Knighton Matt Posted 2 March 2006 Posted 2 March 2006 Police vans, cars and officers all down the A6 between Harborough and Kibworth today at around 5.45 as I was driving home. Anyone know what was going on?
The People's Hero Posted 2 March 2006 Posted 2 March 2006 Dunno but I work about well... less than a minute's walk from where the pre-lim trial was going on for those bank robbers today. Fukkin buzzin in town. All my staff were late due to the roads, I got to work half hour late due to late train and was the second there!
Jay Posted 2 March 2006 Posted 2 March 2006 Dunno but I work about well... less than a minute's walk from where the pre-lim trial was going on for those bank robbers today. Fukkin buzzin in town. All my staff were late due to the roads, I got to work half hour late due to late train and was the second there! it's certainly all going down in "The Stone" at the minute!!!
The People's Hero Posted 2 March 2006 Posted 2 March 2006 I've told you before Jay... it's the place to be!
The Bigman Posted 3 March 2006 Posted 3 March 2006 Police vans, cars and officers all down the A6 between Harborough and Kibworth today at around 5.45 as I was driving home. Anyone know what was going on? Nine people have been arrested by Leicestershire Constabulary as part of a force-wide ANPR (automatic number plate recognition) operation devised to catch burglary suspects. The operation, codenamed Scorpio, saw a ‘ring of steel’ formed around Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, with ANPR sites set up at eight locations across the Force area, in a bid to track suspect vehicles coming in and out of the Leicestershire and Rutland. Sites were chosen in the Coalville, Loughborough, Melton, Uppingham, Kibworth, Market Harborough, Hinckley and Lutterworth areas in a bid to track suspect vehicles coming in and out of the county. The operation resulted in nine arrests for criminal acts, the vast majority of which were theft offences. Officers also seized nine vehicles wanted in connection with criminal activity. Analysts are still working through the data collected to identify other positive results of having a visible police presence along the area’s major routes Superintendent Rob Nixon, who headed the operation, said: “The main aim of the operation was to deny criminals the use of the roads. “In order to carry out their criminal acts they need the means to get into an area and then leave. Many persistent criminals will travel from outside the county limits and we therefore positioned the ANPR cameras to cover the routes we believe offenders use in the course of their criminal activity. “We’re delighted with the results, and we hope it sends out a clear message to offenders across the country, that, if they’re planning on moving their activities within Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, that we could be watching and we will take action.†Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) has been operative within the Leicestershire Constabulary since June 2001. ANPR is established electronic technology which captures details of vehicle registration numbers and processes and checks those details against various databases, e.g. Crime Intelligence System, PNC, DVLA and insurance databases, etc. Its aim is to prevent and detect criminal offences, deny criminals the use of the roads and also to detect any road traffic offences that may be identified in the course of ANPR operations. It is not intended to catch out the general law-abiding public. From leic-police website.
IDEA OR IKEA Posted 3 March 2006 Posted 3 March 2006 Nine people have been arrested by Leicestershire Constabulary as part of a force-wide ANPR (automatic number plate recognition) operation devised to catch burglary suspects. The operation, codenamed Scorpio, saw a ‘ring of steel’ formed around Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, with ANPR sites set up at eight locations across the Force area, in a bid to track suspect vehicles coming in and out of the Leicestershire and Rutland. Sites were chosen in the Coalville, Loughborough, Melton, Uppingham, Kibworth, Market Harborough, Hinckley and Lutterworth areas in a bid to track suspect vehicles coming in and out of the county. The operation resulted in nine arrests for criminal acts, the vast majority of which were theft offences. Officers also seized nine vehicles wanted in connection with criminal activity. Analysts are still working through the data collected to identify other positive results of having a visible police presence along the area’s major routes Superintendent Rob Nixon, who headed the operation, said: “The main aim of the operation was to deny criminals the use of the roads. “In order to carry out their criminal acts they need the means to get into an area and then leave. Many persistent criminals will travel from outside the county limits and we therefore positioned the ANPR cameras to cover the routes we believe offenders use in the course of their criminal activity. “We’re delighted with the results, and we hope it sends out a clear message to offenders across the country, that, if they’re planning on moving their activities within Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, that we could be watching and we will take action.†Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) has been operative within the Leicestershire Constabulary since June 2001. ANPR is established electronic technology which captures details of vehicle registration numbers and processes and checks those details against various databases, e.g. Crime Intelligence System, PNC, DVLA and insurance databases, etc. Its aim is to prevent and detect criminal offences, deny criminals the use of the roads and also to detect any road traffic offences that may be identified in the course of ANPR operations. It is not intended to catch out the general law-abiding public. From leic-police website. Interesting - Big Brother again!
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