A Green Party councillor gave advice to her constituents on how to avoid Metropolitan Police “surveillance” by sharing the location of one of the force’s facial recognition vans.
Hmm, the police won’t be too happy about that, but can they do anything about it? Well, Reader, they do in other areas…
The warning of other drivers may constitute an offence obstructing a Police Officer. Obstructing a police officer means preventing a police officer carrying out his duties, or making it more difficult to do so. It must be a wilful act, meaning it was a deliberate act with the rider knowing and intending that the act will hinder the officer. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) charging standards actually state, among a list of behaviour, that warning other motorists of a police speed trap ahead would fulfil the offence. It doesn’t mention flashing headlights or waving at people, it just states warning other motorists.
But probably won’t invoke this, they seem to treat Greens as another of their favoured species after all.
