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UNPAID: Almost half of all fines go unpaid

November 11, 2009 8:06 PM
Originally published by Hertfordshire Liberal Democrats

Liberal Democrat Councillors have expressed dismay that nearly a half of all fixed penalty notices issued by the police for public disorder offences remain unpaid each year.

Liberal Democrat Leader Chris White said: 'This is an astonishing figure. The public rightly assume that when the police issue a penalty it will be paid - not ignored. The excuse in part is that the paperwork is not always correctly completed - but this is simply not good enough.

'There has to be rapid action to ensure that those committing criminal acts do not get away with non payment - whatever the reason.'

The figures came to light at a meeting in St Albans on Wednesday evening.

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