Councils get ‘Al Capone’ power to seize assets over minor offences

[Dong]

The memo adds that asset seizure will result in financial rewards: “Investigation bodies will receive a share of money recovered as additional funding to incentivise further work in recovering the proceeds of crime.”

And nobody sees this as a conflict of interest?

[Paddy]

There was this...

http://forums.contractoruk.com/gener...cil#post944694

Next it will be the council cutting down my tree, charging £10,000 and freezing my bank account to pay for it.

I this was France; we would riot. In little old UK, we think it's OK because it won't happen to us.

[BoredBloke]

Don't be silly - everybody knows if you have done nothing wrong they won't come after you. It's a good thing that people don't give false addresses and that number plates on cars cannot be copied though or this could lead to one heck of a problem. My council never get anything wrong, I'm pretty sure of that and the post office only deliver my mail to me at Redfern Way and to the guy living at Redfern Wood. Nothing important, just his passport.

[eliquant]

Don't be silly - everybody knows if you have done nothing wrong they won't come after you. It's a good thing that people don't give false addresses and that number plates on cars cannot be copied though or this could lead to one heck of a problem. My council never get anything wrong, I'm pretty sure of that and the post office only deliver my mail to me at Redfern Way and to the guy living at Redfern Wood. Nothing important, just his passport.

Will it take the media or some poor innocent guy that goes Rambo Super Postal on their asses when they get the wrong guy ... to quash this latest invasion of our rights ????

What if they break the door down start searching and theres a nutter behind the door that lives there who then doesn't stop with the heavies breaking into their private property ??? what rights does a non-police officer have when they do that.... surely its breaking and entering on their part.

[threaded]

I remember this from many years ago. It still makes me laugh. It got on the TV as the council planning official took a film crew with him. Planning official wanted to knock this farmer's new house down and was stopped at the gate by the farmer.

Planning officer: "What are you going to do with that gun?"

Farmer: "Shoot you with it if you step on my land."

Planning officer stepping forward says mockingly: "Go on then."

Gun: Bang!

Result: one less smart arse council official in the world.

[Peoplesoft bloke]

I remember this from many years ago. It still makes me laugh. It got on the TV as the council planning official took a film crew with him. Planning official wanted to knock this farmer's new house down and was stopped at the gate by the farmer.

Planning officer: "What are you going to do with that gun?"

Farmer: "Shoot you with it if you step on my land."

Planning officer stepping forward says mockingly: "Go on then."

Gun: Bang!

Result: one less smart arse council official in the world.

If this is the case you're talking about, you are seriously misrepresenting it.

Note: I mention this only in the interests of truth. I am not in favour of draconian powers for councils.

[Moscow Mule]

I've written to my MP about this. I'll see what he says...

[threaded]

If this is the case you're talking about, you are seriously misrepresenting it.

Note: I mention this only in the interests of truth. I am not in favour of draconian powers for councils.

How have I misrepresented it? That's what happened. I watched it on the TV news.

[bekarovka]

There was this...

http://forums.contractoruk.com/gener...cil#post944694

Next it will be the council cutting down my tree, charging £10,000 and freezing my bank account to pay for it.

I this was France; we would riot. In little old UK, we think it's OK because it won't happen to us.

My goodness. Reading that post about the poor chap and his trees all I can say is thank God I live in Budleigh Salterton.

[bobhope]

How have I misrepresented it? That's what happened. I watched it on the TV news.

A wild-eyed Albert Dryden was hiding in his caravan, with a smoking gun in his lap.

Fantastic standards of journalism. Are they allowed to print nonsense like this?