A Brisbane woman shared pictures of the officer to a community Facebook group after she spotted his sneaky tactic in action in Petrie.
Social media users were not impressed by the officer, with many slamming the practice as “ridiculous” and “revenue raising”.Another wrote: “This is poor form for positive community engagement.”Users were divided over whether this tactic should be allowed. Picture: FacebookHowever, not everyone was upset by the officer’s tactics, with a few praising him for catching out dangerous drivers.Another added: “They are allowed I think and should do it more often.
My understanding was it is illegal for police to hide themselves like this. They can be on the road in a place that's hard to see driving by, yes, but they otherwise must be in their vehicle. This is just plain entrapment.
That’s some Barney Fife shit!
Don’t stop here...I vote for putting on the ghillie suit!
Typical ❄️ answer 🖕
It's called 'Entrapment' here in the U.S.
Protect and serve?
“I sped and I’m outraged I got caught” is what I’m hearing from most of these comments. Take responsibility for your actions and stop diverting blame. Try that in this age of entitlement. Well backed by his command too I might add. That’s what’s disappointing.
May not b illegal doing this, & u need not worry if u r not breaking the law, but it sure does not engender a community spirit with the police but rather an us & them scenario. In the short term he may catch a few, but long term loses the confidence of the people u want 2 engage
Revenue raising at its finest.
Queensland needs every cent that they can get...They have an 80 billion deficit and growing...
What a absolute joke. Is Australia comparing themselves to a third world country? I thought Australia is more advanced than this 🙂
wish police would put as much effort on to crime.
Crookwell road, near Ghoulburn High school?
Hi visibility promotes rule compliance and supposedly road safety. Clandestine policing promotes high revenue for Govt. And does nothing. Guess which is common in the majority of cases, and it isn't option 1.
All for it. More red light cameras too. They'll pay for themselves pretty quickly.
I have no problem with it. They should always camouflage cameras. It might slow idiots down and save a few lives.
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