Traffic warden sacked from post after refusing to issue tickets to motorists

Fergie76

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2082337/Hakim-Berkani-Traffic-warden-sacked-refusing-issue-tickets-motorists.html

AlexisV

Nice to see NCP encourage their employees to commit misconduct in public office.

roddydogs

Hes not a Traffic Warden, hes a Civil Enforcement officer, but the DM wont let that get ion the way of a non-story.

2sides2everystory

Roddydogs, you clearly don't have a clue what is in the public interest and what is not. Or maybe you haven't really even thought about it and are merely someone else who believes that it in business that anything goes (it doesn't). As for trying to make some non-clever distinction between a Traffic Warden and a Civil Enforcement Officer - well I am sure none of us understand your motive.

This is actually a very good story.

Very interestingly, Mr Berkani is a union rep it seems so that could mean that NCL will be ordered to keep paying him whilst the case is being prepared and progressing over what could be many months towards a final hearing.

Quite right too.

NCL might learn something.

Trebor16

AlexisV wrote: »

Nice to see NCP encourage their employees to commit misconduct in public office.

As they are a private company I suspect that legislation could not be used against their employees.

roddydogs

Parking Enforcement officers have targets to meet...suprise. No indication of how many he issued, so if he issued, say an average of 2 tickets per day, he should be allowed to keep his job?

AlexisV

Trebor16 wrote: »

As they are a private company I suspect that legislation could not be used against their employees.

I don't think it's that black and white:

The prosecution must have evidence to show that the suspect is a 'public officer'. There is no simple definition and each case must be assessed individually, taking into account the nature of the role, the duties carried out and the level of public trust involved.

Kite2010

"'We instruct all of our Civil Enforcement Officers (CEOs) to issue tickets according to clear rules and regulations. Neither NSL nor our officers have any incentive, financial or otherwise, linked to the issue of penalty charge notices and we are very strictly regulated to ensure any tickets issued are legitimate."

And pigs fly, yeah they don't have any incentive to meet targets, they just have a rewards scheme, and if they are very strictly regulated than how come so many are successfully appealed against?

peter_the_piper

roddydogs wrote: »

Parking Enforcement officers have targets to meet...suprise. No indication of how many he issued, so if he issued, say an average of 2 tickets per day, he should be allowed to keep his job?

I know you are right but should not a great part of a ceo's job to be keeping the traffic flowing, at least that's what councils tell us, telling someone to shift is far more in the spirit of the job, not moneymaking.

esmerobbo

I wonder what NSL's contract is, is it a flat rate, or a flat rate but you must produce X amount of PCN's or flat rate and a payment on every PCN?

robredz

Good job they aren't on commission only. oops have I given the sharks at NCP an idea.