@NorthantsPolice
Traffic Officer. Educating and enforcing
#Fatal5
and denying criminals use of the roads 🚔 Do not report incidents via Twitter use 101 or 999!
So I am now officially PC 1604 Scott!
Spent this evening attesting as a Police Officer, taking the oath in front of family and friends. Wonderful evening and thank you to all involved.
@NorthantsChief
its was great speaking to yourself, thank you for taking the time to do so!
Colleagues on the team have been dealing with an incident in Northampton. On returning to their car this was left on the windscreen!
A massive shout out to Ben and Charlie for this amazing gesture, the cakes were delicious!! 👏
#ThankYou
#RandomActsOfKindness
With only:
🚔 1 car
👮♂️ 2 officers
✔ 4 shifts
We did:
❌ 9 people arrested
🙅♂️ 5 people remanded
⚖ 18 offences charged
🚘 8 vehicles seized
📃 Various traffic offences dealt with
A very busy but very productive set!
#OpJourney
However, no one go anywhere just yet! I have kept something quiet from you all and it is that...
I am joining the regulars with
@NorthantsPolice
starting as of next week! 😀
Goodbye
#SC3500
, hello
#PC1604
!
This has been
#intercepted
by ourselves and
@Northants_RCT
.
This is the same driver that I arrested last night for failing to appear for an offence of drink drive.
He was disqualified at 10am this morning, released and now back in the cells awaiting interview!
#OpJourney
Yesterday this van activated
#ANPR
as he entered our county.
20 minutes later and great teamwork between us at
@SRTcops
and
#Interceptors
meant he was in custody for domestic related stalking offences!
Don't come to
#Northants
! 👊💥
Started out the night in
#Brackley
with this RTC. Male driver was arrested as he was drink driving and was taken to hospital.
At hospital he refused to provide a sample of blood for analysis. He will now be charged with the offence and will have a court date shortly!
#Fatal4
So today is the day I start as a Police Officer and those of you with eagle eyes will have noticed the change in twitter name and handle!
Let see what
@NNTrainingOps
have in store for us today and over the next couple of weeks!
The driver of this vehicle was out delivering pizza to late night revellers.
Unfortunately for them the driver didn't have correct business insurance so its taken a lot longer!
Futher hindered by the driver not having a licence.
#Seized
Slightly different duty for me today as I am riding shotgun on a TPAC course for officers on
@Northants_RCT
.
Cant show too much however here is a little clip from a blocking exercise from the 'bandit' car!
Just stopped a third driver not wearing a seatbelt. Driver recognised me from a previous stop where I witnessed him using his phone.
He has since paid £200 fine and got 6 points for that offence. Clearly didn't learn his lesson and now been reported for not wearing a seatbelt!
This time last year I attested as PC 1604, it seems to have gone so quickly!
Since then I have:
👮♂️Made 47 Arrests
📃Over 50 intel logs
🚔Attended over 350 incidents
🚗Given 42 traffic tickets
🙅♂️Done 74 safeguarding referrals
And that's just a tiny snapshot!
#HeresToAnotherYear
I have not used this much lately however the the start of 2023 sees me leaving Response!
Ive thoroughly enjoyed response but exciting times lay ahead as I will be joining
@Northants_RPT
as a Roads Policing Officer starting this evening! 🥳
I'm excited for the new challenge! 😁
The first issue was driving the wrong way down a one way street.
The second issue was the driver being uninsured.
The third issue was that he was also drunk.
#Arrested
#Fatal5
#DontDrinkDrive
So today is my first day out working out on Response as a PC!
I will be joining Team 4 Northampton and will be kicking things off on a 1400 x 2300 shift this afternoon!
Excited is an understatement and nervous is a given, lets see what today will bring!
Unfortunately not everyone has been following advice. On patrol with PC Atkinson we came across a hand card wash that was open serving customers. This is not an essential business and has been closed down with a ticket issued.
#COVID19
Where do I even begin?!?
❌ No Licence
❌ No Insurance
❌ Dangerous condition
❌ Unrestrained child
❌ 2 bald tyres
❌ No seat belt
I should also mention the driver lied about his details so the fingerprint reader of truth also found out he was
#wanted
by Met Pol!
#OpJourney
Last week I also had a vehicle fail to stop for me.
Sighted 15 minutes later and
@NorthantsARV
got behind it and
@northantsdogs
stung it.
I arrested the driver for a number of traffic and crime offences.
Great job all round, currently with
@cpsuk
for charging decision!
This sums up my time in the Speicals and was given to me by
@Northants_RPU
, a wonderful gift for leaving
@SRTcops
!
I was also presented a certificate of appreciation for my duties as an SC, in addition to a Superintendants Commendation recieved this year for an incident in 2018!
Stopped a vehicle for errattic driving in
#Towcester
.
Driver blew 22 at the roadside for alcohol but failed a drugswipe for cocaine!
Driver
#arrested
and bloods taken. He now has a nervous wait to see if he will face a disqualification!
#Fatal5
The morning after the night before...
Driver of this vehicle was stopped after erattic driving was seen and provided a roadside sample of 58.
In custody he provided a sample of 51. He now has a court date and facing a disqualification.
#Fatal5
#DontDrinkDrive
Intercepted a vehicle with
@Northants_RPU
Its clear to see why
@DVSAEnforcement
prohibited it!
We have made certain that it won't be going any further &
#seized
it!
❌ Dangerous Condition
❌ Obscured Numberplate
More detailed checks also revealed no insurance
#OpJourney
Just taken a phone call from a
@DVSAEnforcement
colleague saying they have just seen a vehicle they have issued a prohibition for being in a dangerous condition go past them on the M1 coming into our county from
@tvprp
area. On our way with
@NP_PC1604
to intercept.
#OpJourney
Whilst trying to deal with an incident in
#Northampton
earlier, the rider of this electric scooter decided to hurl abuse at officers.
Unfortunately for him, he didn't have insurance or a licence to ride it.
Scooter was
#Seized
and rider sent walking.
This vehicle failed to stop overnight for officers in
#Corby
. It was later found unattended and confirmed as stolen earlier in the evening!
Might not have got the occupants, but its one more car out of the hands of criminals!
In two nightshifts I have been invovled with:
🚘7x Vehicle Seizures
📄7x No Insurance
❌3x No Licence
🙅♂️2x Disqual Drive
🚫5x Traffic Offences
⚠️2x No Tax Offences
🚔2x Assist arrest for multitude of offences
➕Lots of vehicle stops
@NorPolSpecials
@Northants_RPU
@SRTcops
This vehicle was stopped following a
#ANPR
activation:
❌ No Insurance
❌ No MOT
❌ Provisional Licence
Apprently I should be nicer too and consider letting them off because its almost christmas.... 🤔
So after todays court appearence, the disqualified driver arrested on Saturday after only being disqualified earlier in the day got:
- Extra 12 month disqualification
- £213 in costs
- 200 hours community work
This has been
#intercepted
by ourselves and
@Northants_RCT
.
This is the same driver that I arrested last night for failing to appear for an offence of drink drive.
He was disqualified at 10am this morning, released and now back in the cells awaiting interview!
#OpJourney
Shortly after the drug driver we responded to calls of vehicle struggling to stay in its lane on the
#M1
and driving erratically.
Transpires the reason for it was because he was over double the drink drive limit!
#Charged
I dealt with this male in custody. Despite blowing 45 at the roadside he then went on to blow 51 and 53 on the evidential machine. Lets hope the courts deal with this male robustly as he has now been caught multiple times drink driving and only just got his licence back!
#Fatal4
And our third arrest for the evening is under way, this driver blew 45 at the roadside and is now off to custody to provide on the evidential machine.
#DontDrinkDrive
Out today as
#RP11
first stop of the day was this car on the
#M1
.
Flagged as an
@OpTutelage
marker, despite the warning the driver still didn't insure it so its now continuing the rest of its journey on a recovery truck!
Out and about today trying to keep
#Northamptonshire
moving.
This is becoming a common sight at the moment, please do not drive through flood water. It can be deceptive and you don't want to end up stranded!
Soo this is the car that
@Northants_RPU
is on about!
- Stopped due to multiple speeding offences
- Driver was disqualified and arrested
- Address check I found his father who had also driven the car speeding, he was disqualified
- Less than an hour later he was also arrested!
**COURT RESULT**
This driver has had his day out in court. As a result of getting behind the wheel whilst disqualified (not for the first time):
- 12 weeks imprisonment
- 36 month further disqaulification
@Northants_RPT
The busy night continued!
Another report of an intoxicated driver was stopped in
#Northampton
. Whilst he was not drunk, he still shouldn't have been driving as he was disqualified 🤦♂️
Not his first offence so will be seeing the magistrates at the next available court!
#Remanded
Currently got the vehicle stopped at
#WatfordGap
.
Driver has admitted to using his phone and will be dealt with at the roadside as he is a foreign national.
#OpTramlime
#OpJourney
Next job was an crash on the
#M1
, I got cancelled en-route due to it being on another force area. Whilst travelling back I noticed a car sat in lane 2 at 55mph with no other vehicles around it. After following for 4 minutes I stop and report him for driving offences.
The busy night continued!
Another report of an intoxicated driver was stopped in
#Northampton
. Whilst he was not drunk, he still shouldn't have been driving as he was disqualified 🤦♂️
Not his first offence so will be seeing the magistrates at the next available court!
#Remanded
First vehicle seizure of the night caught our attention due to a light out.
Unfortunately for the driver he didn't have a licence to drive nor was he insured!
He too has been reported to court.
Just had another two drivers not wearing their searbelts on the
#M1
.
Both offences spotted by
@HighwaysEMIDS
unmarked HGV.
Other
#interceptor
crews have also dealt with offences ranging from not in proper control to use of mobile phones!
#OpJourney
#OpTramline
A car has been seen by
@northants_SRT
on the
#A14
travelling at 112mph!
Vehicle was intercepted and driver has been reported to court for the offence!
There is no excuse for these excessive speeds.
#OpJourney
Absolute shocking attack on an elderly woman... anyone with any information please ring 101 quoting 19000479253 or pass it to
@CrimestoppersUK
anonymously!
Lets bring this offender for this despicable offence to justice.
This vehicle caught our attention and the driver tried giving false details.
He has been
#arrested
for a number of offences!
❌Disqualified Driving
❌No Insurance
❌Possession of Drugs
❌Obstruct Police
He was only disqualified last week! 😳
If you drive around
#Northampton
whilst unlicensed and uninsured, its probably best that you don't draw attention to yourself by being on your phone... next to a fully marked car 🤦♂️
You won't get away with it either just because its 5am!
Driver reported and car seized!
Im back out today and start with a two for one offer! BMW limping along the road with a friend in the Lexus 'covering it'.
🚘 BMW is declared SORN and has no insurance
🚘 Lexus has no insurance with a provisional licence holder driving
🚔 Both seized and drivers reported!
Another hour passed and another vehicle seized. This van was stopped in
#Northampton
.
On checking the insurance, driver had:
❌️ Wrong address
❌️ Wrong date of birth
❌️ Wrong class of use
Thanks to
@DriveInsured
for their assistance in checking insurance status!
This vehicle was seen parking illegally...
It wasn't just the parking that was illegal but the driver was also not insured.
Did I mention he was disqualified from driving as well?
#OneInCustody
#OpJourney
What an end to a shift with another two arrests!
Vehicle hits up containing a wanted person. We find the vehicle and detain the male!
The same time store staff run across after being assaulted. Male resisted and PAVA was used ending with a second male in cuffs!
#NotJustTraffic
This vehicle was stopped in
#Northampton
and the driver had a Non-EU licence. He has been in the country since 2016 and as such this is invalid!
It is now on the way to the recovery yard with two extra stickers on the back!
#OpJourney
So where do I start with this van?
SC Bland sees it driving eratically.
On pulling alongside the van I see the driver using his phone.
Stop the vehicle and the driver has been in the country for 2 and a half years using a Moldovan license. 🤦♂️
#Seized
and
#Reported
Again, another driver not wearing a seatbelt, this however led to bigger things!
Male driver has been driving around on a provisional licence for 16 years, never once been bought to our attention!
No Licence? No Car!
Out tonight as
#RP61
covering West Northants! First stop of the night came in
#Northampton
after a driver was seen using their phone!
TOR issued for the offence
#Fatal5
A seperate car was also pulled into the checksite and smelt heavily of cannabis. Driver refused to provide a roadside sample of saliva. Upon his arrest he turned violent and had to be restrained. One more drug driver off the roads tonight!
If you decided to use and a abuse a trade plate to avoid paying tax on your own personal vehicle then expect to be stopped, your vehicle seized and a fine from the DVLA.
This is what the driver of this vehicle found out the hard way after getting away with it for six months!!
Sighted this vehicle on the
#A5
in
#FostersBooth
. A routine stop check revealed the driver to be a provisional licence holder with no insurance. He has now been socially distanced from his car.
Slowly making the roads of South Northants safer one car at a time!
#RuralPolicing
This was another result from last night!
Driver had an international licence (non-EU) and had been in the UK for two and a half years.
Non-EU licences are only valid for the first year before a UK test is then required to be taken!
#Seized
and driver
#Reported
#OpJourney
Just visited an address of a male who gave a false nomination for a speeding offence. After getting to the bottom of if, he now may also be facing other offences on top of the speeding one too.
As of today I am now changing roles within the Police and I will be seconded to
@SRTcops
until the new year!
I am going back to what I do best in targeting the
#Fatal4
offences, tackling the unlicenced and uninsured, and denying criminals the use of the roads! 😁
#RoadsPolicing
Turns out I was feeling generous today and gave a 2 for 1 deal on vehicle recoveries.
If you come to pick your mate up who just had their car seized, please make sure you also have a licence and insurance to drive too!🤦♂️
#Seized
#Reported
#Silverstone
Just stopped the driver of a van in
#Kettering
. As we came round the corner he was chatting away with it up to his ear...
Even with all the blue lights on he was still talking away on it whilst looking straight at us!
#FatalFour
#OpJourney
Whist dealing with the Yaris, this Focus drives past us.
We were after this during the afternoon as I identified that the driver was using fraudulent insurance documents.
Sometimes its easier to let them come to you!
#Seized
On Wednesday I helped
@northantsdogs
track for a missing person following behind PD Bryn and his handler, over two miles later the male was found safe and well!
Plenty of fences to go over but amazing to see Bryn in action! 🐶
Busy day for PD Bryn - first he detained a burglar in Corby as they were coming out of the window of the burgled house. Then he tracked for 50 minutes over 2 miles to locate a high risk missing person in a rural area. Thanks to
@NP_PC1604
for the assistance with fences!
Out tonight as
#RP61
covering West Northants.
Second vehicle seizure of the night and was a full house!
❌️ No Licence
❌️ No Insurance
❌️ No Tax
❌️ No MOT
#Seized
and
#Reported
to court!
❗COURT RESULT❗
This job has now been to Crown Court where the male plead guilty to all offences! He was sentenced to 22 months imprisonment for what he did to his wife.
This is what
@NorthantsChief
moto of
#FightingCrimeProtectingPeople
is all about!
On dealing with this prisoner there was a lot of evidence to go through. On reviewing it in detail it was apparent that the victim was being stalked. Following a very long interview,
@InspWaynePreece
authorised the emergency charges that I ratified with
@cpsuk
later.
Stopped this vehicle as it activated ANPR cameras with an
@SRTcops
marker for docs offences. Driver stops before legging it, following a footchase it transpires that:
❌ Revoked Licence
❌ No Insurance
❌ No MOT
❌ No Tax (SORN)
Owh and to top it off they were drink driving!
Out covering the town centre tonight and had a vehicle on my radar that I wanted to stop courtesy of
@SRTcops
.
Less than 2 hours later I have it stopped and on the back of a recovery truck!
❌ No Licence?
✔ No Car!
This car fails to stop for SC Bland but doesnt count on
@emopssdogs
being just round the corner. Driver tries to run but we were quicker.
❌Officer threatened with hammer
❌Male is disqualified from driving
❌No Insurance
❌Fails drugwipe
#Arrested
Just stopped this van and pulled it into the checksite. Just waiting for the weight plates to arrive...
Owh and there is a question mark over his insurance... I wonder if it comes with us?
#OpJourney
Its usually best not to tell officers that you will be riding off on an electric scooter immediately after being stopped and advised by Police that they are illegal.
As a result, this chaps scooter was
#Seized
.
So last night I was on response and managed to continue with the work
@Northants_RPU
did during the course of the day.
Within minutes of leaving the station, this was being loaded onto a recovery truck!
❌ Licence
❌ No Insurance
❌ No Tax
#Seized
Final job for me was to write up the numerous tickets issued today to drivers for various offences.
📃 4x No Insurance
🚫 3x No Seatbelt
🔧 2x No MOT
❌ 2x No Tax
🚔 1x No Licence
Busy day to say the least. Time to go home and put my feet up!
Yesterday what started out to be a simple no seatbelt stop snowballed!
Driver ended up failing a drug wipe for cannabis and a wooden bat was also found next to his drivers seat!
#Arrested
and later charged with three offences!
Next we had a Skoda stopped, again showing no insurance.
Driver said he was with an insurance company who had never heard of him 🤔
Transpires he had a revoked licence for totting up too many points in his first two years driving! 🤦♂️
He is also from Sheffield...
#LongWalkHome
Over in
#Rushden
for the latter part of the shift. This car went past us not showing any insurance.
Driver admitted this along with only being a provisional licence holder with no 'L' plates!
#Seized
Finished off the shift responding to an
@ANPRNorthants
marker for a vehicle containing a wanted male. Didn't get it moving, but got it at the home address!
One door knock later and one in custody for failing to appear at court less than 12 hours earlier!
#ProactivePolicing
Throughout the course of the day we will be conducting static check sites in support of
#TyreSafe
and
#OpJourney
Currently in
#Northampton
and stopping vehicles!
Its been a very productive day! Todays events from one single crewed
#SRT
car:
🚔1x 999 emergancy call
🚫2x car seizures for no documents
🚘2x stolen vehicles recovered
👮♂️1x arrest for various driving offences and burglaries
🆘️1x broken down vehicle
📄2x other traffic offences
Had a cracking two shifts with
@Northants_RPU
and
@SRTcops
!
With 6 arrests in only two shifts, I think I retain my 🧲 title on the team!
❌ 1x Drug Drive
❌ 1x Breach of Court Order
❌ 2x Drink Drive
❌ 2x Cultivation of Cannabis
#RoadsPolicing
Come back into the town centre and this truck activates my onboard
#ANPR
system showing
#NoInsurance
. Turns out the Tax had also expired in Sept 2017 and MOT in Jan 2018!!
Needless to say it was
#Seized
Andddd I've gone and done it again! Second
#FullHouse
in as many days!
Female driver stating she had just bought the earlier today and driving it home for the first time.... not only was she lying but she also didnt have a Licence, Insurance, Tax or MOT!
Now she has no car! 🚘
I know and appreciate that most who attended this event would have done so as an enthusiast to show thier cars. Unfortunatly this is the reason why we sometimes have to take a hard stance on these events to prevent this from happening...
Next had two vans stopped in
#Corby
as both drivers weren't wearing their seatbelts. One of the vans also had cord showing on the front nearside tyre!
Drivers of both vehicles reported for all offences!
#StandingUpForBeltingUp
Vehicle hit
@ANPRNorthants
coming into our county after a failing to stop at an RTC in another force.
Vehicle stopped within minutes:
❌ No Insurance
❌ 3x No Seatbelt
❌ 4x COVID tickets
Details also passed to relevant force.
Don't come to
#Northants
👊💥
#ANPR
#Traffic
This vehicle was followed and stopped by
@NPSC_ChiefMike
for driving in excess speed.
Vehicle stopped and driver gave false details, he kept the act up until we found his wallet that he apprently didnt have.
He has an expired licence and also no insurance!
#Seized
Just left a 999 call when this activated
@ANPRNorthants
cameras close by. After a bit of guess work and a lucky spot I got it stopped!
Driver very keen to show me an insurance policy... it however starts in 10 days time. Couldn't account for the lack of tax either!
#Seized
**Update**
So the male I was in
#court
for yesterday was found
#guilty
! 👩⚖
He recived:
⚖ 12 weeks inprisonement, suspended for 18 months
🌃 Overnight curfew for 4 months
💵 £600 Court Costs plus victim surcharge
🚘 Disqualified for 3 years
#Result
Last night I also interviewed and charged a male arrested for drink drive in Silverstone following the Moto GP.
Whilst the bikes competed for 1st place on track, all this male won was a night in the cells and a complimentary court appearance next month!
#DontDrinkDrive
This male has been charged with disqualified driving.
As he has been caught within hours of being banned we have remanded him in custody and the courts will be seeing him on Monday morning!
Out for a few hours again this evening. First seziure of the night goes to this car:
❌ Licence
❌ Insurance
❌ MOT (Nov 18)
❌ Tax (Oct 18)
#FullHouse
#NoDocsNoCar