The AA to get police powers....

[J4mes]

https://www.confused.com/news-views/blogs/blog-should-aa-workers-be-given-police-powers?MediaCode=806&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Newsletter&utm_source=Newsletter20130520

[Knightsy]

An article about AA power abuse in 3...2...1...
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[Hetzer]

The simple solution will be to purchase breakdown cover from any company other than the AA. Over time that should see them put out of business if they continue to accept stazi powers.

Seriously, this country is becoming more and more of a nazi shithole with every year that passes.
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[Enduro Numpty]

If this is true I won't be renewing with the AA.

[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

[James83]

Feels a touch ironic considering that the 'Automobile Association' was originally created to assist motorists avoid police speed traps...

[johnsmith222]

AA, you won't be getting any more of my money if you think this is acceptable.

I think I'll be going with the RAC at renewal.

[G]

Seems to be a move towards the American system where you get "mall cops" etc - which I believe do have more power than their British counterparts.

Does not make sense on some levels as it leaves the police budget to deal with more important matters.

But, also opens up even more avenues to abuse, of course.

[angryjonny]

"To our members we're the 4th emergency service". Yeah, and one of the other three as well now eh.

Any AA member who gets grassed up by an AA Patrol will instantly cancel their membership. I assume, therefore, that the police will be paying the AA for their services, otherwise it's commercial suicide. Either this will fizzle out as the AA recognise it's costing them all their credibility, or its the thin end of the wedge that ends with a fully privatised traffic police division.

[pits]

AA man "I think you have committed a motoring offence, give me your name and address"
Le Me "Do you know who I am?
AA Man "No I do not"
Le Me " Good, as this isn't my car/bike, goodbye"

Proceed on as normal, if you get pulled over by police deny all knowledge of it and that you have never seen the AA man before in your life.
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[LockyUK]

just refuse to accept the "authority" they are not police, never will be, and quite frankly if i found my self in a position where they want details i will quite simply say how about i punch you in the face? shit like this gets on my tits big time, the government in general is a fucking joke all the new pcc's also a fucking insult to the tax payer

[DrSnoosnoo]

I think if, like the article says, to report people for wearing seatbelts or using mobile phones, let them. I'd like to be able to report someone for using their phones. The number on the M62 with iPhone in hand on saturday afternoon was outrageous.

As for anything more "serious" leave it to the cops
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[G]

Note that this is a) not new and b) for special events where they are marshalling traffic.

[LockyUK]

to be honest i could not care, i pay income tax, fuel duty, road license fund, council tax, they can provide actual police for all the money they RAPE from me

[map]

sounds like a slippery slope to me. This 2002 Police Reform Act does sound like a money saving exercise rather than a help to the law.

[Vracktal]

I think they're taking the whole "Fourth emergency service" tagline a bit too far aren't they?
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[cromwell]

It's hardly 'police powers'.... If you think about whenever they attend a call they get your name and address anyway from the paperwork.
They aren't going to be able to stop motorists and there won't be an offence for failure to stop for the AA, seriously that's crazy.
I doubt it would even cover Anti Social Behaviour with regards to name and address which is covered by Section 50 of mentioned Police Reform Act.

It would be interesting to see the first court case of an AA patrolman reporting to the police a driver on their mobile phone, without the POLICE officers statement it would get laughed out, no mention in the blog of AA being given professional witness status.
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[Musketeer]

If it's for real then I won't be renewing my breakdown cover with AA either

[LockyUK]

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[Joncrete Cungle]

AA man thinks he dun seen an 'offence' gets reg plate. Passes it to plod, who in turn pass it on to PCSO frothy mad gash who churns out a Section 59 for scaring kittehs. Two more words FUNCTION CREEP.




Or if the AA man is in Chorley, does he get to taser infirm old men?

[Rogerborg]

The thin end of the wedge was Plastic Plod, "P"CSOs.

Once that line was blurred between a warranted constable and some clown in a Police-lite costume, it was inevitable that policing would be outsourced to the lowest bidders with a hi-vis and a notebook.

Good to see they'll be trained in "conflict resolution" and "diversity" though.

Eh, laugh it off, is anyone going to be convicted for failing to supply ze papers to AA Andy? Really?

If so, then it needs to be an offence to impersonate not just coppers, but Plastics and AA monkeys and anyone else that they've seen fit to empower with authoro-tah.
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[soforene]

https://s21.postimg.org/we41anuhj/AA_man.jpg

[FireStorm-X]

My initials are AA dose that meaning I can ask people for there details as I do drive a van every once in a while ? LOL. Or would I be impersonating a AA officer LOL.
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