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Francis Jones • Feb 25, 2021

Keeping a track of injustice

HELLO everyone and welcome to my latest column for The Northern Echo, reflecting on life in the world of security.

I wanted to start this time round with a warning about car parking fines, which aren’t always what they seem.

We had an incident recently in which a Sparta task force officer called in for a coffee at McDonald’s, at Newton Aycliffe, at the start of his shift. It was 5.45pm in the evening and he then drove off to monitor various sites that we’re looking after around the region. He called back at the same McDonald’s the following morning, just before 6am.

You can imagine our surprise when we were served with a significant financial penalty by a private parking fine company, alleging that our vehicle had been parked there all night.

Luckily, one of the great advantages of having vehicles fitted with Geo-Tracking is that we know precisely where all our vehicles are 24 hours a day. We, therefore, have all the evidence we need that no parking restrictions had been violated.

Naturally, we won’t be paying the penalty, but my concern is that not everyone has that kind of irrefutable evidence to fall back on, so they may feel pressured into paying unjust fines.

The message is to be aware of the danger, folks, and don’t take everything at face value.

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WE were really proud to successfully complete the task of guarding the construction site for the new fire station in Darlington recently.

The station, in St Cuthbert’s Way, replaces one built in 1972, and we were engaged by construction company, Tolent, to provide patrols and CCTV protection.

Every job we are given is important to us, and we want to get the right results for every client. But we saw this contract as a special honour because it involves the emergency services – heroes who are dedicated to saving lives – and I’m delighted to say that there wasn’t a single incident on our watch. That makes me really happy.

To read the rest of this article go to: https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/business/19116986.keeping-track-injustice/

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