MARK M ALDRIDGE - Whom Polices SAPOL?           a.userlink { color: #000000; } a.userlink:visited { color: #25120d; } a.userlink:hover { color: #25120d; } font[size="1"] { font-size:10px; } font[size="2"] { font-size:13px; } font[size="3"] { font-size:16px; } font[size="4"] { font-size:18px; } font[size="5"] { font-size:24px; } font[size="6"] { font-size:32px; } font[size="7"] { font-size:48px; } .GuestBookMessage { font-family: Times New Roman; color: #25120d; font-size: 13px; } .GuestBookMessageRow { font-family: Times New Roman; color: #25120d; font-size: 12px; } .GuestBookHeader { font-family: Times New Roman; color: #25120d; font-size: 12px; }                                                                                         Are our Police allowed to flout the Law? Motorcyclists are being not only treated like criminals by association, but the police are ignoring the rule of law, at the cost of our innocence. Why do we have rules and regulations if they only apply to the public, and those that are employed by us to enforce them, need not even consider doing the right thing? I am sick to death of SAPOL thinking they are the law rather than employed to enforce it, the issue of fines and defects should be done for no other reason than the deterrent of wrong doing and for the benefit of genuine road safety. SAPOL disregard the rights of road users and in a vain attempt to increase government revenue and to bully those that dare question their motives. I continually receive calls and emails from angry motorists about their unfair treatment and my investigations in nearly every case show our police to be wanting of any Idea of Justice, having personally endured several matters this year alone, I can only conclude that SAPOL have a lot to answer for. Since the Rann government’s “Anti Biker” spin, it becomes quite clear that SAPOL have been requested to up the ante. If a Police officer issues a fine or defect with out adherence to the law, there should be some enforced accountability full stop, but where the bloody hell is it? One perfect example is defects for Noise, how dare any officer guess your exhaust to be too loud let alone do so when the bike is not running, “those pipes look loud” is nothing but bullshit, the National Transport Commission has very clear guidelines for the issue of such defects, which are totally ignored both by SAPOL and our Regency Park Inspection Station, we urgently need an enquiry into this deceitful practice, if the police break the law, who polices them? The cost to me earlier this year was around $130 plus time of the road and that of attendance, and I had to remind the inspection station of the regulations, the same bike defected was passed only because I knew the law. Where is my reimbursement Mr. Police Commissioner, and how many hundreds or even thousands of other innocent motorists have suffered? With no truly Independent Authority to Police SAPOL, this disgraceful conduct will continue unchanged. Every motorist that endures this attack on our rights needs to stand up and fight every single unwarranted fine or defect, unfortunately this will do little more than tie up our under resourced court system, but what other avenue do we have? While this situation further justifies the need for an Independent Body like that of ICAC, it also casts doubt on the ability of our supposed minister for Justice, the Attorney General Michael Atkinson’s ability to perform his role. I hereby Demand an Enquire into SAPOL and our Department of Transport Authorities over these serious allegations, which are doing nothing to install any confidence in our police services in general, it may end up the case that we need access to an independentroad-worthiness testing station, to allow the innocent to prove their case. Mark M AldridgeIndependent Candidate for the Legislative CouncilP O Box 1073 Virginia S.A. 512008 82847482 / 0403379500aldridgemark@bigpond.com                        Website provided by Vistaprint