286 close pass submissions to West Midlands Police resulted in one prosecution, FOI request reveals 213 close pass reports from last year resulted in no further action being taken – with 3 staff members responsible for reviewing video submissions cycling
, 213 of the alleged close passes submitted last year resulted in no further action being taken.
However, in contrast, only 872 – or just under 16 percent – of those reports resulted in a Notice of Intended Prosecution being issued to the driver in question, 593 and 338 fewer than in 2021 and 2020 respectively, when fewer reports were submitted.
However, the scheme – and West Midlands Police’s approach to poor driver behaviour around cyclists – has come under increasing scrutiny in recent years, with both Hudson and Hodson, the clear driving forces behind the tactic, stepping away from their roles.questioned whether West Midlands Police had “lost its way”
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