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When you decide to drive really close and beep your horn because the unmarked police vehicle ahead of you is sticking to the speed limit…. Probably best to have insurance. Off to court and another uninsured vehicle off the roads.
#oplightning
#saferroads
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That moment when you wished you hadn’t overtook the unmarked Traffic car and run a Red Light 🤔
@PoliceStafford
Silly behaviour to beat a red light 🚦 gets you no where!
What it does get you is £100 fine and 3pts. ✅
Section 36 of the Road Traffic Act 1988!
#Fatal5
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We received this footage from a concerned cyclist in the
@SouthStaffsNPT
area.Luckily it’s cracking footage and we will be making contact with the driver to see if they thinks it’s acceptable to pass this close to a cyclist 😡
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This here is what a car thief, who has been wanted for stealing your cars for months & taunts the police online, looks like when the RPU pursue and put him in cuffs
@SStaffsPolice
Another stolen car recovered and off to the cells for CID.
#RPU
#Whoslaughingnow
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Came across this chap on our Travels. Battery had ran flat and he was stuck waiting for Recovery. Made sure they were on route and waited until they got here. He thought it was brilliant as Passing cars would assume he was speeding. 🤣🤣
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A change from our usual content.... our resident babies are getting bigger!! Everyone say “ahhhhhhhhh”
@BBCSpringwatch
@Natures_Voice
@ChrisGPackham
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Disqualified driver ✅
No Insurance ✅
Vehicle seized by us ✅
Unbelievably this chap had 9️⃣6️⃣ points already on his licence!
We will be asking the CPS to make representations for a custodial sentence due to the clear lack of care for the law.
@Policingstoke
#OpLightning
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Car on left is our Audi,car on right is now also our Audi ! Driver checked on A38 Lichfield doing 120 mph.Had the audacity to try and give false details.Reported for no licence,insurance and excess speed.1 vehicle seized and a dangerous driver stopped.
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We are out and about in an Unmarked HGV today and found the driver of this one using his mobile phone....Wait there folks it gets much worse. The driver was disqualified from driving for 4 years for drink driving ! We think we need a bigger tow truck ! Driver summonsed to court.
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Tailgating - we all see it, and we all hate it!
We happily watched this female in our unmarked car do just that. Stopped for a chat and it would be useful if she had a licence and insurance 🤦🏼
Reported and vehicle seized
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Driver was exceeding 30mph limit at every opportunity. Including the overtake of ourselves. Bit of clear road in a Residential street. 61mph recorded speed. Will be heard in Court for that speed.
#Fatal4
.
#Oplightning
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A member of the public reported this BMW X5 yesterday having its number plates changed.Located by the RPU leaving
@CannockPolice
. Lengthy pursuit ending with two occupants decamping and being arrested.Vehicle stolen earlier that morning and back to its owner
Log 267 of 30th Sept
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Cloned audi was sighted breaking into vans in the
@cheshirepolice
area before it was located in Staffs. Joint working with
@CMPG
@PoliceStafford
saw us pursue the vehicle and detain all 3 occupants with assistance from
@NPASMidlands
. Tools recovered & 3 in the cells.
#Oplightning
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The team putting themselves in harms way again today stopping one of Staffordshires most
#Wanted
We pursued this cloned BMW & had to make contact to prevent it going the wrong way on the A38.
3 in the cells 👍
Assisted by
@NPASMidlands
🚁
#TrafficCops
#RPU
We have arrested three people after a stolen car failed to stop and drove on the wrong side of the A5 in Lichfield.
Read more here:
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3 busy days in the unmarked
@NationalHways
HGV on
#OpTramline
400 miles driven across
@StaffsPolice
& we have caught 8️⃣6️⃣ drivers using their phones, not wearing belts and driving carelessly.
At the same time as stopping and recovering stolen vehicles on
#OpBormus
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Stolen yesterday from
@NewcastlePolice
area, spotted today by the team today in
@Policingstoke
. Two balaclava clad males made off before being detained after a foot chase through the woods. Another bike back to its rightful owner.
Who says traffic cops don’t run?
#Opalcaic
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We filmed this driver earlier in
@Policingstoke
who was chatting away on his mobile phone completely oblivious of the unmarked HGV along side him and the police car directly behind. Vehicle stopped and ticket issued. The distraction is unbelievable!
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If you are going to complete an illegal U turn in front of a police bike in the
@PoliceStafford
area,make sure you hold a valid drivers licence.
Sadly this driver didn’t and they have paid a heavy price of having their car seized and being reported for summons.
#OpLightning
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As we are following the recovery truck with our last seizure we see this Zafira being driven through Newcastle by a driver from Tajikistan who seemed surprised that he needed insurance to drive this car. Off to the compound and maybe the crusher.
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1️⃣1️⃣0️⃣MPH on any road is just out right silly behaviour & wont be accepted in
@StaffsPolice
This driver failed to see the unmarked Police car as he sailed past us on the M6 Toll, fortuantely we had our camera on and soon caught up to measure his Average speed.
#OpLightning
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One of the most dangerously tinted vehicles we have ever stopped!!
A shocking 28% on the front windscreen and only 6% through the side windows.
This driver may as well have been driving with his eyes closed and any chance of seeing that pedestrian or motorbike will been reduced
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What's one of the worst things you could do as a 17 year old driver who has recently passed his test??? Drive daddies brand new sports car like its stolen and overtake 2 unmarked traffic cars on a.solid white line ! This driver in the
@PoliceStafford
area now facing day in court
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Christmas does not protect you from the law. Road Policing officers noticed this vehicle had reports for failing to respond to multiple speeding tickets, fraudulent insurance and the driver had no licence. Merry Christmas to all our supporters & followers. 🎄🎅🏻
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Out and about in the
@CannockPolice
area today and this car driver thought that it was ok to drive without no front number plate.Laws of the land apply to all cars and all motorists.This driver issued with a fine for not displaying their front plate.
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Short Pursuit with this cloned motorbike in
@CannockPolice
yesterday before the rider ran out of talent. 🫣 Fortunately uninjured.
No Licence ✅
No Insurance ✅
No Tax or MOT ✅
Fraudulent use of number plate ✅
Reported for all and fail to stop✅
Bike seized!
#Traffic
#RPU
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Look closely 👀
Like really closely 🕵♂️
Can you see it?
Can you see the front registration plate on this car?
No, neither could we, so we stopped and spoke to the driver in the
@CannockPolice
area who was reported for failing to display a front registration plate
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We are out policing in the
@SouthStaffsLPT
area targeting street racing.This M140i goes past flexing its horsepower.
Turns out the driver has got no insurance🙄The car will be travelling a little more sedately on the back of a recovery truck !
#OpLightning
@askMID
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The driver of this vehicle appeared to take exception to speed camera van
@EStaffsPolice
. Driver dealt with and summonds to court for not being in a position to have proper control of a vehicle.
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This chap managed to drive for 20 years on a provisional licence undetected!
@Policingstoke
Today was the end of his 20 year run of good fortune and he is now walking home with a date to attend court!
Vehicle seized 👍
@DriveInsured
#OpLightning
#RPU
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We intercepted this
#Cloned
Honda Jazz leaving
@CannockPolice
this evening before boxing it in as it attempted to evade us.
Turns out it was on false plates to hide no insurance or licence.
Bonus points as the passenger was wanted since 2021 and has been arrested.
#RPU
#TPAC
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Overtaking like this is reckless and a prime example of why Fatal accidents happen.😡
Absolutely not acceptable!!
We stopped the driver who also had no insurance!
@DriveInsured
Summons to court for that and careless driving ✅
#Oplightning
#RPU
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Its been a tragic & difficult morning for the RPU team,
@cmpg_ciu
&
@StaffsFire
investigating a serious collision.
Some times it’s important to remember everyone is human and we all need that little pick me up 👍
#BlueLightMentalhealth
#Support
#Team
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New year same old issue in the
@SStaffsPolice
Area 🙄 Driver no licence,no insurance and no clue what his false date of birth should be.
After lying like a cheap Christmas watch the officer saw through his deceit and the car was seized.
Nice day for a new years walk 👍🚶
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Suspicious vehicle seen in
@CannockPolice
area followed by the team before turning and raming our car head on! Officers injured but driver swiftly arrested for dangerous driving, provisional licence holder & drug driving! 🚓
#RPU
#Crime
#Traffic
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Driver of this prestige car marque caught our attention speeding through Gt Bridgeford which has a 30MPH speed limit, despite being followed 2 marked police motorcycles and the digital speed sign displaying the speed and a message "TOO FAST" Being late for a wedding is no excuse.
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Busy morning supporting
@SoTCityCouncil
stopping and enforcing Taxi licensing in
@Policingstoke
and vehicle examinations.
One Taxi was being driven by a provisional licence holder and no insurance.
#Seized
#OpHenace
#OpLightning
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Our VIP escort Bikers are off to
#London
for a week to help
@metpoliceuk
with the escorting of Visiting Dignitaries for The Kings Coronation.
@StaffsPolice
@StaffsPoliceCC
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This motor is ready to fall apart.The drivers story about his fictional insurance policy didn’t fare too well either.
Another one to the crusher in the
@stokenorthLPT
Area.
@DriveInsured
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It’s amazing what you pick up when getting a coffee in the
@PoliceStafford
Area.
The driver of this van who went through the drive through after turned out to be wanted on warrant.
May be if his child was wearing a seat belt we wouldn’t have stopped him !
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Not only did this BMW driver decide to take a bend to fast in front of a parked Traffic car and bin it into a hedge, he ironically took the skid warning sign out at the same time 🫣
No injuries luckily!!
Ticket for driving without due care.
@SStaffsPolice
#Wombourne
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Ford Ranger stopped for having no MOT in Lichfield. We then establish the driver has no insurance also. Not a good start to their new year as their vehicle is to be recovered until they can insure it.
#LichfieldPolice
#OpLightning
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It’s quickly become a theme this week! It’s a very nice car but it still needs a front number plate if you want to avoid a prosecution. A good spot today on the A50 on
@EStaffsPolice
by one of our Roads Policing
@StaffsSpecials
!
#saferroads
.
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Out on patrol when we noticed a very strange & very wonky looking ‘U’ on the back of this Evoque.
We’ve seen better drawing by primary school children than this attempt to clone a plate 🫣
Any way,
#Stolen
yesterday
@WMPolice
and found by us today ✅
#StaffsRPU
#OpBormus
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First ten minutes out and a driver seen with no seatbelt using his phone and a second with tinted number plates with silver lettering. Both dealt with and will receive fines and points as appropriate…
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Today the department says good bye to our Colleague PC Lester who retires from
@StaffsPolice
, with most of her career in Roads Policing.
A true advocate for Road Safety and vehicle crime. 👮🏼
Happy Retirement & thank you for your service to Staffordshire🫡
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The arrest phase relating to Tuesday’s nights football,
@OfficialPVFC
V
@stokecity
disorder has started - WHO’s NEXT....
@RickySupt
@ChiefSuptStaffs
@CIDonnaHarvey
@StaffsHdofOpSpt
@StaffsPolice
#staffststc
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Spot the problem here in lane 3 of the M6....🤔🤦🏻♂️
Driver escorted off the network at Jn15 and reported for the offence of towing in lane 3.
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Vehicle spotted heading onto the A500 with the insecure rear load. Stopped and checked. No MOT. SORN. A complete mess inside with items fouling the pedals. Loose Battery. Non functioning Power steering.
A tragedy waiting to happen. Vehicle recovered and Prohibition added.
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Watch the motorbike in this footage almost get wiped out in
@SStaffsPolice
today whilst we were sat watching traffic on the A5.
The car drivers excuse “I never saw him”.
This is how serious accidents happen! He saw the consequence's when we issued a ticket for Due care. 👮♂️
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We are getting out the reserve fleet today old skool patrol car still got some life in her yet!
#oplightning
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Back out on
#OpTramline
HGV and it only took us 5 mins from leaving our base to see the driver of this car watching a video on his morning commute.🤦🏼
Vehicle stopped and driver reported!!
Phones down & eyes on the road please folks.
#RPU
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This car was
#Stolen
30 minutes before the team saw it & two offenders made off on foot, taking sanctuary in a nearby Flat!
The flat now needs a new 🚪 with two thieves behind cell doors waiting to be questioned ✅
RPU taking the fight to criminals again in
@Policingstoke
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Whilst off-duty, watching a couple both drinking cans of beer whilst, pushing a child along towards a vehicle is always concerning. A quick call to
@StaffsDogs
@staffsresponse
who managed to get the car stopped. Female driver blew over 60 & arrested for “drink-drive”...
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With in 10 minutes of this camper being Stolen in
@MoorlandsPolice
area the team were behind it.
We pursued it before the offenders blocked the road and made off in a second vehicle
Recovered for forensics & 1 happy owner.
RPU taking the fight to the criminals.
#Oplightning
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We sighted this vehicle at speed coming out of
@CannockPolice
area. Turned to follow in the marked car, where the driver took several turns to test if we were following…
Indeed we was. No licence or insurance, and arrested for immigration offences 👍🏼
#Seized
@SStaffsPolice
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2 for 1 on this stop in
@CannockPolice
this morning.
Bike stopped, No Licence or Insurance. Partner then turns up in the car uninsured and with a provisional licence only! 🙄
@DriveInsured
We struggle to understand peoples thought process at times.
Both Seized!
#RPU
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We spotted this bike being ridden in
#Featherstone
@SStaffsPolice
with no plate or helmet 👎🏼
We followed it and let the rider put fuel in and go in to pay … we detained him coming out of the shop! The bike stolen is from Derbyshire last week and he’s also wanted for robbery 👍🏼
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Photo doesn't do this justice. It's longer and wider than the usual Abnormal load from
#Stafford
. It will take some time for us to move this so please be patient and follow directions from our Police Bikers. Final checks bring carried out. Hopefully moving from 9am.
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The rider of this
#Stolen
motorbike decided to go on a leisurely Sunday afternoon ride.
@Policingstoke
He failed to see the unmarked traffic cars also on a leisurely Sunday hunt for stolen Motorbikes. 🤭
Tactics deployed, followed by a short foot chase and one in the cells
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Two youths in balaclavas failed to stop for us in
@Policingstoke
#Meir
on
#OpTransom
Lucky for us we had the Police
#Drone
tracking them to an address. 😏
Entry gained, with 2x now behind our cell door &
#Stolen
bikes recovered.
You said, we did!
#RPU
#TrafficCops
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This suspected drink driver failed to stop in
@CannockPolice
earlier before being intercepted by the RPU where it rammed our police vehicle as we attempted to box it in before colliding with a Lamp Post.Driver arrested for drug driving,No Licence,No Insurance, Fail to stop.
#RPU
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We followed this skip lorry with an unsheeted/netted load through Shenstone, narrowly avoiding the waste flying out of the skip into path of our marked BMW. Driver retraced his route to collect the contents after being reported for their very insecure load.
#LichfieldPolice
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This vehicle flagged up as a potential clone in the
@Policingstoke
area. On stopping it, it was the genuine vehicle. Unfortunately for the driver he had no driving licence, no insurance and on checking with immigration he was wanted by them. One in the cells
#RPU
#OpLightning
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Advanced driver refresher training through Stafford in a unmarked BMW 330d. Ensuring skills are at the required level
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It doesnt take much to overload a 3.5t van with produce.
This one was stopped due to the driver using his phone, Not wearing a seat belt, over weight by 17.5 %, No Mot and a bald tyre.
An expensive day for this driver. Reported and vehicle prohibited from moving.
@PoliceStafford
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This vehicle was parked in the
@Policingstoke
area on the road having been declared off road and no current tax in place. Vehicle seized on behalf of
@DVLAgovuk
.
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Final day of our Roads Policing Officers Course culminated in officers being awarded their White Hats. A great achievement and some vital skills learnt by the team to use back out on Staffordshires Roads. 🚔
Our thanks to our roads policing leadership team &
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4th
#Stolen
car of the day stopped for Ops in
@PoliceStafford
Driver fancied his chances fighting his way out with officers, quickly lost and found himself cuffed & in the cells for resisting, theft, drug drive, no licence or insurance ✅
Just another day at the office 👍
#RPU
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We saw this
#Stolen
Ford Transit leaving
@LichfieldPolice
y’day before it failed to stop in
@BrownhillsWMP
Short pursuit before it crashed into an innocent member of the public.
We chased the driver on foot over gardens before he was Tasered and arrested.
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#Stolen
yesterday and Recovered this evening by the RPU hidden away after some hunting.
One happy owner will be getting their car back 👍
This is the 20th car we have located and recovered in a month in
@Policingstoke
#RPU
#OpLightning
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This rider had a quick e-bike,we had one quicker! This rider got up early for work, we got up earlier.
Regular rider through the
@PoliceStafford
Town centre. Intelligence based stop resulted in bike being seized and rider prosecuted for motoring offences! 1 more off the road 👍
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Chameleon tints don’t look good and they also DON’T let the legal amount of light through the glass.
This one was down to 65% light (Should be 75%) transmission and had a bald nearside front tyre at 0.35mm.
Ticket and a prohibition. 👮🏻♂️
@LichfieldPolice
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Apologies from us. As before. The oversize of this load is causing delays on the route. Currently Beaconside towards A34 North. Its very tight through junctions.
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Can you drink alcohol and ride on an E-Scooter?
The answer is NO - these two last night in
@NewcastlePolice
Were stopped riding down a road all over the place after a night in the pubs. 🤦🏻♂️
Both charged with drink driving and off to court.
The Road traffic act applies!!
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Driver stopped for a routine check as only a female showing on the insurance policy.
@Policingstoke
Driver is disqualified until December 2024.
His 5th time stopped for the same offence. 🫣
Off to court where we will push for a custodial sentence this time.
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Overtaken by this in a 40mph area at 50mph, into a Blind Crest. Near a junction. Braking hard around an unseen bend. Cyclists/pedestrians along the route given no thought or consideration. Another driver overtook in front of a Marked car across Double white lines. Poor drivers
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This one captured our attention in the
@SStaffsPolice
area being driven on trade plates. The vehicle was stopped and the driver was un insured ✅️, unlicensed ✅️, and provided a positive roadside breath test.Cell space for one and recovery
#driveinsured
#drinkordrive
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Another un insured vehicle taken off the roads of
@PoliceStafford
following an intelligence led stop. Driver found to only hold a provisional licence. Points wrapped up for Christmas. And the car gift wrapped off to the recovery garage.
#driveinsured
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This week is the start of Vulnerable Road users week.
First one of the day is this Electric sit on scooter 🛴 being used with no documents on a dual carriageway.
These are still not road legal folks. Driver dealt with accordingly.
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Working with our partners
@CanTrackGlobal
today to find a
#Stolen
mini digger.
3 for 1 as we also found the trailer it was on to be stolen and the Ford Transit parked near by was also stolen on false plates. ✅
We’re Going to need a bigger recovery truck 🛻
#OpBormus
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This driver was Disqualified only a few weeks ago but decided to go out any way….
Lucky for us we know who gets disqualified and we actively target 🎯 those who continue to drive.
Driver reported for summons and vehicle seized in
@PoliceStafford
#OpLightning
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10
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Roadside drink & drug drive check point on the A449 in
@SStaffsPolice
this morning
This one failed to stop! After a short pursuit the driver was detained 👍
Disqualified Driver ✅
No Insurance ✅
Positive for Cocaine
@DrugWipeUK
✅
Arrested✅
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This driver was stopped last week and gave false details for his dangerous tyre ticket, which was returned.
Today we waited for him again. 🫢
Revoked Licence ✅
No Insurance ✅
Vehicle Seized ✅
And we also reprocessed him for the same offences last week.
@DriveInsured
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Vehicle sighted doing 90mph in a 60 in the
@LichfieldPolice
area. Driver was an unsupervised Provisional Licence holder. Having already gained 6 points for speeding and been revoked. Reported for all Offences and car seized.
@fatal4
#needstayofftheroad
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Owner of this vehicle was claiming the Freedom of The Land and the right to a Conveyance. Therefore didn't require Insurance for it. And he didn't believe in the Acts that cover Traffic Rules. No explaining from us will change his mind. Still gets reported and the van seized.
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Out on the Bike Routes this afternoon, and nearly get taken out by this Driver turning right across our path from behind a truck with no view.
If you can't see 2 marked bikes you'd definitely miss any other bike. Bad decisions while driving/riding takes lives away very quickly.
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motorcycle 🏍️ officers are out in all weathers and all times of day.Tale of 2 half’s,Started off with riding past 3 males spray painting a cloned £30’000 camper van
#seized
Onto targeting illegal street racing
#oplightning
.
#notjusttickets
Quick quiz where are we ???🤷👮♂️
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Honda Civic seen driving through Essington. Driver brought the car last week but didn't insure it. Seized with immediate effect and driver reported.
#oplightning
@sstaffspolice
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Another uninsured, unlicensed driver removed from the road in
@Policingstoke
area. The driver believed it wasn't fair to no be able to drive having failed a test only 5 times.
#DriveInsured
.
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another warrant, another chainsaw entry, another package of drugs recovered & another bunch of arrests & another good day 👌🏻
@StaffsPolice
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We've been out on the A50 in Uttoxeter today 🚓
45 speeders caught between 81 and 100mph on this 70mph stretch 👎🏼
Some of you dislike this aspect of our work, however we dislike having to pass death messages to family members following fatal accidents.
#RoadSafety
#SpeedKills
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This vehicle was seen driving in
@PoliceStafford
area and caught our eye because of the tints. The vehicle was stopped and the windows were to dark The vehicle was also found not to be insured. Prohibition issued and seized for the no insurance.#
#OpLightning
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Deployed to
#Wombourne
@SStaffsPolice
this morning to act on drug dealing intelligence.
Vehicle blocked in, windows smashed in and drug dealers pulled out after trying to get away✅
Drugs recovered✅
Driver no licence or insurance.✅
Court awaits ✅
#OpLightning
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This one flashes unmarked police car to move out of way in the
@Policingstoke
area.Followed at 100 mph.
When stopped driver gave false details to 2 officers with over 50 years experience of sniffing out fibs.18 years old trying to pass as 45 hmmm!
Car seized driver reported.
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Working with
@CMPG
@Trafficwmp
to pursue this Saab out of Staffordshire after it failed to stop for local officers last night.
Vehicle stung 🦔 and tactics implemented to bring it to a stop in Coventry.
4x in the cells for interview 👍
#TeamTraffic
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