What is the Police’s stance to ‘Clamping’ in general?
(J. Gittens former Lancs. Constab) Normally! Civil land, civil matter, civil Problem. The Police are usually only called in to prevent a public order offence, i.e. criminal damage, assault etc. From a clampers point of view, each officer or Constabulary can vary with the level of help they give and this obviously, this has got to be addressed , for example the odd officer just like the members of the public are influenced by the media ‘Wheel-clampers’ (and Spit) but usually when they see our lads in uniform, notice that they are licensed by the SIA, then they seek advice from the immobiliser and form there own opinion and its not always right!
