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[Dishevelled Den]

Yes that is the case, and some nights it is down to two - for the whole of Kent!

What hope is there in stopping even a significant percentage of the tens of thousands of continental lorries that travel through our county daily to check them?  Answer, not a  chance!!

not entirely a new phenomenon MsZ - had to do a job in Northampton in the early 90's, was well capitalised so didn't need the local people - which was just as well, they could only get two cars out for the night shift to cover the entire city.

In the daily grind man/person-power was always a problem although I do admit that it's much worse now

[Lizzie_Zoom]

Yes that is the case, and some nights it is down to two - for the whole of Kent!

What hope is there in stopping even a significant percentage of the tens of thousands of continental lorries that travel through our county daily to check them?  Answer, not a  chance!!

not entirely a new phenomenon MsZ - had to do a job in Northampton in the early 90's, was well capitalised so didn't need the local people - which was just as well, they could only get two cars out for the night shift to cover the entire city.

In the daily grind man/person-power was always a problem although I do admit that it's much worse now

That is the problem, as many nights in South Kent there are just three two man crews out of local bobbies, and if there is a RTC it falls on them to handle those as well with traffic covering the motorways!

[Dishevelled Den]

That is the problem, as many nights in South Kent there are just three two man crews out of local bobbies, and if there is a RTC it falls on them to handle those as well with traffic covering the motorways!

..and it's unfair on the public who expect some sort of reasonable service for the money but more crucially, it's unfair on the officers concerned.

In short it is a criminal's charter and people are puzzled why there's so much aberrant behaviour - please