Why do we tolerate this? Spend more money on the Police Force.

What happens to all the money collected by the government from traffic fines such as:
(1.) Speeding fines.
(2). Traffic infringements.
(3). Vehicle  unworthiness.
(4). Drink driving.
How do we overcome these problems? well the government needs to spend more money on recruitment of police officers which will help overcome the absentees of police officers for various reasons being pushed to the limit due to a shortage of officers.

One of many police radar units

Police top management will always tell you that there is new recruitment's coming through all the time but what they don't tell you is "how many officers are leaving the force", how many officers are on stress leave, officers on holidays or officers relieving in higher positions which are usually replaced by officers from another station which in turn depletes the staffing level from that station.
Another point is that police are sitting in camera or radar units on the side of the road for hours when they could be utilised in other duties.

We're hiding and waiting

How any times do we see police hiding behind trees, behind electricity poles, centre garden areas on divided roads and even in bus shelters, these are probably tactics that have been drummed  into  their training, these radar units should be contracted out like they are in South Australia in fact have been for years.
Another interesting point is why isn't the radar sign placed behind the radar unit instead of in front?.
 When these units were introduced it was law that the sign had to be placed facing the traffic but it's sneakily placed in front of the unit and usually back from the road.

Ian Leavers.

The president of the Qld Police Union has been fighting for these officers for years and we as citizens should support them in every way possible.
We hear people saying everyday that we need more police and how true that is but until people start a people power  push on this the government and top management of the Qld police force they will just continue to say "we have just released ex amount of officers into the system, end of story.
A report from 25 October 2013 states:
The Queensland Government has reportedly netted close to $8 million in revenue in two weeks from speed-related offences following the second tightening of speeding leniency in three months.
News Limited reports that 53,816 fines were issued for speeding in the two weeks after speeding tolerance margins in QLD were lowered for the second time since July, translating to 3844 per day. This compares with 41,383 over the same period last year, or 2955 a day.
Coming into effect from September 20, the tolerance margin – the number of kilometres above the speed limit before a fine is issued – is believed to be around 10 per cent above the speed limit, however, police will not reveal a specific figure in a bid to avoid creating a de facto speed limit.
With the minimum speeding fine in the sunshine state costing drivers $146 (exceeding the speed limit by up to 13km/h), the two-week period would have generated at least $7.86 million in revenue – $1.82 million more than the same period in 2012.
This last paragraph had to a joke:
 In July, Queensland Police Minister Jack Dempsey defended the lowering of tolerance margins saying they were about road safety and not revenue raising.

Unmarked police vehicle

Marked Highway Patrol Car

Where does all the money go? it should go into more police, more highway patrol and unmarked cars saturating the roads and highways and being more visible instead of hiding behind bushes, trees and light poles.




The public expects to be protected and the government MUST pour more money into the police force so that these officers can carry out their duties in the most efficient and professional manner.