EdToday I learned that each local authority in England has its own potentially unique policy regarding public reporting of traffic offences. I learned this by attempting to report an idiot parked on a pedestrian crossing, to which the answer came "we will not prosecute unless a police officer witnesses and takes evidence". Fnarf.
zimpenfish@Kiwicoder I tried to report someone zooming across a pedestrian crossing whilst people were on it and MetPol said "we need video evidence of at least a minute before and after." As if people just walk around with their phones constantly recording in case someone commits a traffic offence...
@zimpenfish unrelated, but while I'm venting, I gathered and reported evidence of a traceable ecommerce data-security breach (involving my credit card and personal details) to the ICO, who said they would not investigate because... actually they didn't give a reason. This is after they made me jump through months of process before I could actually report the evidence.
@zimpenfish Basically a software vendor setting up piss weak security on ecommerce sites for a network of restaurants, leaking card and PII, with clear evidence of the source of the leak, yet no action taken.