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Police chiefs face misconduct trial over traffic fines
Justin Davenport, Crime Correspondent13.08.09
Two police chiefs are to appear in court over claims they granted exemptions for traffic offences.
Chief Superintendent of Surrey Police Adrian Harper, 45, will face two charges of misconduct in public office. Superintendent Jonathan Johncox, 46, will face one misconduct charge following an inquiry by Surrey Professional Standards Department and the Independent Police Complaints Commission.
The men are due at Aldershot magistrates' court on 28 August.
It is claimed exemptions were unlawfully given to colleagues for speeding and failing to stop at red traffic lights. Eleven other officers have also been investigated.
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This practice goes on more than people realize, very often when police are caught speeding, in both marked and unmarked cars, they fraudulently report them as "speed training" or "emergency calls" which do not exist in order to not be investigated, it is ridiculous for those that uphold our law to feel they should have the right to break it, an example needs to be set with these officers in order for the British public to regain some faith in our police force and the laws they are supposed to adhere to
- Tom Quirk, lancashire england
