Tendring: Council uses DVLA to track offenders (From Gazette)
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Tendring: Council uses DVLA to track offenders
1:10am Wednesday 6th August 2008 in
Council chiefs are tapping in to the DVLA database to track down hundreds of potential offenders.
Issues such as dog fouling, fly-tipping and noisy vehicles have all led to Tendring Council using the database to track down names and addresses.
In the past year, the council accessed it on 340 occasions.
Nigel Brown, Tendring Council’s communications manager, said the council only used the DVLA database where it had authority to do so.
“This covers issues such as abandoned vehicles, fly-tipping, untaxed vehicles, noise nuisance, dog fouling, fly-posting, bus lanes, noisy vehicles and damage to street furniture,” he said.
Comments(3)
vicar
says...
10:42am Wed 6 Aug 08
d database on which all drivers are compulsarily registered is available to local officials to track down someone whose dog fouls a footpath.
Big Brother really is watching you
Fox Hat
says...
3:57pm Wed 6 Aug 08
If TDC are actually less useless that other councils, why don't we get some examples of prosecutions instead of vague unsubstantiated claims?
The old see dog
says...
12:06am Thu 7 Aug 08
Not much else is there?
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