Victoria Police strikes again - fining someone $1600 for washing their car at 1AM when he was the only person at the place.
Quote:
Coronavirus rules slammed after man was fined $1,652 for washing his car
A Victorian man has slammed rules designed to stem the spread of coronavirus after he was fined more than $1,600 for washing his car.
He said he was the only customer at the carwash in Hoppers Crossing on Thursday morning when police pulled in.
After footage of the altercation was spread on social media, police reviewed and withdrew the fine, a spokesperson told 7NEWS.com.au.
“This incident has been reviewed and the decision has been made to withdraw the infringement notice,” a statement read.
“On occasion, errors will be made however that is why a review process exists to ensure instances such as these are identified and rectified.”
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https://7news.com.au/lifestyle/healt...s-car-c-969113
Note that they're only reviewing incidents where there is video footage and social media involvement, this shouldn't be happening in the first place - this is EXACTLY why there should be huge backlash against any legislation that infringes on peoples movements, Police are human and open to human nature like the rest of us, of course they'll have a few members start abusing powers they're given.
There is no accountability for what Victoria Police is doing, worst case scenario is that the fine gets reviewed, they should start handing out warnings for ridiculous abuses of these powers, if they want to abuse their powers then suspend them with no pay.
Its easy to get legislation passed but its very difficult to repeal.
If the fine was $100 it probably wouldn't be causing such an issue and people wouldn't contest it so much, they can work with the community or they can continue being power hungry monkeys and then deal with social unrest.
They should keep this in mind next time they go to the media and start whinging about their pay deal.