1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190 
If only we'd known...
Page 24
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
I AM WRITING to express my disappointment at the article in Commercial Motor (29 January) headlined "Police swoop on... Police-.
The story suggests that a truck-trailer towed away by police in a Northampton suburb was reported stolen by the driver and that the theft was later investigated by other officers, unaware that their colleagues had towed the truck away.
The truck had already been ticketed and was towed away from a residential area in Northampton, where il had been illegally parked on the footpath for a week and was causing an obstruction.
It was towed away out of office hours and was reported stolen by the driver before we were able to inform the company of the action we had taken.
The story also suggested that Northamptonshire Police were not available for comment: had we been made aware of the anti-police slant the reporter was looking to put on the story we would certainly have insisted on supplying a comment and the relevant information.
The Northamptonshire Police press office is always accessible to the media and has always valued, and I hope will continue to do so.its relationship with Commercial Motor.
Andy Roberts Press Officer Northamptonshire Police