Hit and Run - Police lack of action.

scotsbob

Strider590 wrote: »

But, firstly you had the right to demand the video footage for a small fee, no Police needed.

Presumably you are looking for CCTV footage which shows the vehicle after you left it.

My understanding of the data protection act is that you are entitled ( for a small fee ) to obtain the footage which contains you personally. You are not entitled, under the act, to any footage not containing you, nor should the operators of the CCTV system give it to you.

1jim

Good luck op, don't think it will go anywhere

My car was hit in an nhs car park, open to public, by uninsured driver. Witnessed by 2 or more people. When challenged he drove off. I called police as he was driving away, they didn't even want to know which direction he went....they cared more about me producing my documents at police station!

Days later police did telephone interview, turned out car insured but not the person driving. Basically it was insured by dad, and son was driving. Of course son no longer lived at home so dad had no idea where police could find him or the car (don't believe that for a second). So nothing they could do. The insurance company were great and got repairs back of the dads insurance but the police couldn't have been less interested or useful if they'd tried, in some respects I'd rather they just said, look..we've bigger issues on, we don't have the time for this

Anyway after 5 weeks you can assume they've forgotten and moved on. Did you report it to insurance?

Norman_Castle

http://www.ico.org.uk/for_the_public/personal_information

For £10 its worth trying. Explain why you need the footage. Good luck.

As cars get bigger but parking spaces remain the same expect this to become a common problem.

photome

scotsbob wrote: »

Presumably you are looking for CCTV footage which shows the vehicle after you left it.

My understanding of the data protection act is that you are entitled ( for a small fee ) to obtain the footage which contains you personally. You are not entitled, under the act, to any footage not containing you, nor should the operators of the CCTV system give it to you.

Thats what i thought

Norman_Castle

scotsbob wrote: »

Presumably you are looking for CCTV footage which shows the vehicle after you left it.

My understanding of the data protection act is that you are entitled ( for a small fee ) to obtain the footage which contains you personally. You are not entitled, under the act, to any footage not containing you, nor should the operators of the CCTV system give it to you.

My understanding is the information should be given if it is in the best interest. The OP has a valid reason and the car park is a public place so the cctv footage could easily have been witnessed in person.

http://www.ico.org.uk/for_organisations/data_protection/topic_guides/cctv
Images of people are covered by the Data Protection Act, and so is information about people which is derived from images – for example, vehicle registration numbers.

http://www.ico.org.uk/for_organisations/data_protection/topic_guides/~/media/documents/library/Data_Protection/Practical_application/data_sharing_checklists.ashx

Quentin

Realistically (as the tape will probably have been wiped) you either pay your repairs or get a claim in quickly (your policy will require you to make claims asap after the event, had you done so your insurer stood a chance of tracing the culprit, and they may be unhappy your late claim has stopped this).

ado

Badgeronimous wrote: »

I bought a new car in March.

Anyway, whilst parked in a busy inner city supermarket, I returned to my car to find a huge scrape, damage down the side of the door, front and rear wings, cracked/distorted bumper, and a deeply scratched alloy wheel. There was no note left.

Any advice? What are my rights here?

If the police who cover your area are in any way similar to the force who I work for then it can take up to 6 months to investigate this type of accident.

What will typically happen is that an accident report booklet is filled out which will then be sent to a collisions unit where it will be placed at the bottom of a very large pile. It will gradually work its way to the top and about 2 weeks before the six months is up it will be sent to a very over worked response PC to look at. That bobby will then have to try to work the investigation into all his/her normal response duties as well as to follow up on parts of the investigation which can only be done during normal working days, bearing in mind that many response shifts are lates and nights. If the errant car can be identified the PC will then try to find the driver and do a contemporaneous interview with them as well as to look for damage to the vehicle, which after 6 months either will have been mended or could be attributed to any number of other incidents. (Oh and BTW the collisions unit will be sending regular emails to the PC requesting that the investigation is done yesterday as it is about to time out!) The completed file will then go back to the collisions unit where it will be looked at to judge if any action can be taken.

Sorry but this isn't a very positive answer but it is one which is repeated endlessly and which is likely to get more common given the future cuts in both civilian and PC numbers which are still to be made.

agrinnall

Given what the Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police said last week the chances of a non-injury vehicle damage report being among the 40% of crimes that are investigated is likely to be pretty small.