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UK coppers use twitter to shame drink drivers

by on02 December 2014



Everyone will know even if you are not convicted

UK coppers will be naming and shaming motorists charged with drink or drug driving offences throughout December on Twitter.

Anyone ordered to appear in court on suspicion of having committed a drink or drug-driving offence will have their names and details published online and made available to the media. For the first time, the December campaign will be run jointly by Sussex Police and Surrey Police alongside Sussex Safer Roads Partnership, Drive Smart in Surrey and the independent charity Crimestoppers.

As part of the force's year-round strategy to remove drink and drug-drivers from the roads - road policing unit officers will be on dedicated patrols looking for offenders and will tweet any arrests. Although drink driving convictions are pretty much open and shut guilty cases in the UK, it is rare for names to be published before the case hits the magistrate’s court.

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