{"id":6871,"date":"2022-08-31T07:42:43","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T05:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/31\/surrey-police-accused-of-using-phantom-traffic-units-on-waze-app\/"},"modified":"2022-08-31T07:42:43","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T05:42:43","slug":"surrey-police-accused-of-using-phantom-traffic-units-on-waze-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/31\/surrey-police-accused-of-using-phantom-traffic-units-on-waze-app\/","title":{"rendered":"Surrey police accused of using \u2018phantom\u2019 traffic units on Waze app"},"content":{"rendered":"

Force says tactic is \u2018easy way to get drivers to slow down\u2019 after budget cuts reduced traffic policing numbers<\/p>\n

Surrey\u2019s police force has been accused of operating \u201cphantom units\u201d after traffic officers admitted to providing misleading data to a satnav app.<\/p>\n

Officers said on Twitter that they falsely reported their locations as stationary on the Waze traffic app, which suggests they may be operating a speed trap, when they were in fact driving. <\/p>\n

Surrey police claimed the tactic \u201cworks perfectly\u201d by encouraging drivers to slow down, adding that major cuts to policing budgets over the years had decimated traffic units across the country.<\/p>\n

The tweet read: \u201cWe definitely don\u2019t drop police markers on Waze at random points on our patrol, nope \u2013 never,\u201d followed by a winking emoji. <\/p>\n

It added: \u201cAn easy way to get drivers to slow down on our roads \u2013 thanks waze.\u201d <\/p>\n

Angry commenters accused the force of \u201ccreating phantom units\u201d, \u201cputting false information\u201d on the app, \u201clying\u201d and altering computer records \u201cto deceive other users\u201d.<\/p>\n

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\nForce says tactic is \u2018easy way to get drivers to slow down\u2019 after budget cuts reduced traffic policing numbers
\nSurrey\u2019s police force has been accused of operating \u201cphantom units\u201d after traffic officers admitted to providing misleading data to a satnav app.
\nOfficers said on Twitter that they falsely reported their locations as stationary on the Waze traffic app, which suggests they may be operating a speed trap, when they were in fact driving. Surrey police claimed the tactic \u201cworks perfectly\u201d by encouraging drivers to slow down, adding that major cuts to policing budgets over the years had decimated traffic units across the country.The tweet read: \u201cWe definitely don\u2019t drop police markers on Waze at random points on our patrol, nope \u2013 never,\u201d followed by a winking emoji. It added: \u201cAn easy way to get drivers to slow down on our roads \u2013 thanks waze.\u201d Angry commenters accused the force of \u201ccreating phantom units\u201d, \u201cputting false information\u201d on the app, \u201clying\u201d and altering computer records \u201cto deceive other users\u201d. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Force says tactic is \u2018easy way to get drivers to slow down\u2019 after budget cuts reduced traffic policing numbers Surrey\u2019s police force has been accused of operating \u201cphantom units\u201d after traffic officers admitted to providing misleading data to a satnav app. Officers said on Twitter that they falsely reported their locations as stationary on the …<\/p>\n

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