Month: June 2026
The Intelligence Arrived. Then the Trail Went Cold.
What can happen when UK police receive information that a stolen vehicle may have been located overseas? It began, as many investigations do, with something entirely unrelated. A stolen vehicle had supposedly been recovered by another police force. Except it had not. The wrong vehicle had been identified. The Police National Computer (PNC) Lost or…
When ‘Many Requests’ may not mean ‘Many Requests’
A troubling pattern emerging in some police section 14 FOIA refusals? Freedom of Information Act section 14(1) allows a public authority to refuse a request where it considers the request to be “vexatious”. In principle, that is understandable. Authorities should not be subjected to harassment, badgering or genuinely oppressive conduct. Some responses, less harshly, describe…
DVLA Fraud – Inside the System
A former DVLA employee has been jailed after using his trusted access to alter vehicle records and documentation. This was not a minor paperwork offence. Matthew Holloway manipulated DVLA records, obscured vehicle histories, created new V5C logbooks and helped increase vehicle values through falsified documentation. That should concern everyone. DVLA records are relied upon by…
NaVCIS – Industry-Funded Enforcement — But How, Exactly?
Recent Parliamentary Answers on the National Vehicle Crime Intelligence Service (NaVCIS) confirm that it is not funded by Government, but by “industry partners including finance and leasing companies, insurers and hauliers.” That sounds reassuring. But what does it actually mean? The Missing Detail The answers do not specify: Those omissions matter. Incentives and Enforcement Where…