The local police force are taking lots of uninsured, illegal vehicles off the streets of the West Midlands.
Last week one of their Response Units spoke about how they’d stopped a car while on patrol and later found the driver was allegedly on the roads while disqualified.
The 21-year-old was arrested, charged and the car seized.
They put the arrest down to their “Copper’s Nose” telling them something wasn’t quite right when they spotted the car by Merry Hill shopping centre on the afternoon of 9 June.
#ARRESTS | We’re taking lots of illegal vehicles off the streets & catching crooks thanks to an important piece of police kit – the Copper’s Nose!
— West Midlands Police (@WMPolice) June 17, 2021
Officers say a Copper's Nose is an instinct something's not quite right.
And it often proves accurate⬇️https://t.co/nlprQqxJS2
PC Jamie Follows from Response Team C in Brierley Hill was involved in the stop. He explained in a press release:
“I’d describe a ‘Copper’s Nose’ as a pure instinct that you gain with experience which helps you spot suspicious behaviour.
“It might be the way someone acts when they see us or someone’s driving style – your spider senses tell you something’s amiss and there have been countless times when it’s proved spot on and we’ve arrested criminals.”
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