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Here's the third of a number of threads of the presentation I made to the teams who run the Operation Snap road crime reporting systems in English and Welsh police forces.
This tweet is about consistency of decision-making.
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This was the issue campaigners became most animated about.
Cycling campaigners want national standards of decision-making. It is the single thing most often complained about.
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Written, transparent criteria for police action are probably the biggest single change cycling campaigners want to see.
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Just by way of example, here’s two stills from cycle cams. One is taken from a police force video encouraging submissions to their OpSnap portal, and the other was rejected (by the same force) because it wasn’t seen as a close pass. Which is which?
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Campaigners shared feedback with me from forces justifying not taking action in situations like this one. Too often it highlighted the behaviour of the cyclist reporter as a justification for not proceeding against a driver. The cyclist was riding to national standards.
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There are transparent, written statements of good legal cycling behaviour.
This raises concerns about the training officers receive, and the lack of a national standards for police decision-making for close-passes.
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I'll tweet the other sections of my presentation today and tomorrow. 7/7

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Here's the final of a number of threads of the presentation I made to the teams who run the Operation Snap road crime reporting systems in English and Welsh police forces. This thread is about citizen partnership road crime reporting.
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Here's the 5th of a number of threads of the presentation I made to the teams who run the Operation Snap road crime reporting systems in English and Welsh police forces.

This tweet is about action taken by police against offending drivers.
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The biggest concerns were that actions were so variable for seemingly identical driver behaviours. This really does undermine the trust that local citizens have in forces.
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Here's the 4th of a number of threads of the presentation I made to the teams who run the Operation Snap road crime reporting systems in English and Welsh police forces. This tweet is about feedback on reports made to the police portal.
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Many forces do feedback on action taken by the police to those reporting road crime. But it isn’t universal. And the quality of feedback does vary.
For road crime reporting to be a model of civic engagement forces need to name what course of action is to be taken.
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Jul 25
A few weeks ago I made a presentation to the police teams who run the Operation Snap road crime reporting systems in English and Welsh police forces. Here's the third of a number of threads on my presentation.
We want improvements to the reporting portal.
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Cycling campaigners don’t understand why the reporting portal can’t be standardised.
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There is also particular concern that cyclists aren’t seen as victims of crime. While reports come from third-party witnesses, cyclists are almost always the victim of an offence. Indicating whether you report as a victim, or as a third-party witness, would be a great first step.
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A few weeks ago I made a presentation to the police teams who run the Operation Snap road crime reporting systems in English and Welsh police forces. Here's the second of a number of threads on my presentation.
What do campaigners want from a road crime reporting operation?
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Campaigners recognise that many forces want to do better, but are often constrained by resources. More officers, better skills and better use of automation are vital. They are keen to see police action linked to city or town plans for road harm reduction.
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Many of the campaigners see the work of three forces as particularly successful at the moment, and want to see the things they do well, repeated in all forces.
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