Forces receive 89 dashcam videos every day through online portal

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Forces receive 89 dashcam videos every day through online portal

Forces received 32,000 dashcam recordings of dodgy driving in just 12 months - an average of 89 pieces a day - via a "game changing" reporting pathway.

Date - 5th February 2021
By - Chloe Livadeas

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All forces are now accepting the videos, mostly through an online portal. Data obtained by the RAC found that 32,370 pieces of footage were received by the 24 forces that accepted video evidence from members of the public in 2019 - more than...

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