Surrey police accused of using ‘phantom’ traffic units on Waze app

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Surrey’s police force has been accused of operating “phantom units” after traffic officers admitted to providing misleading data to a satnav app.

Officers said on Twitter that they falsely reported their locations as stationary on the Waze traffic app, which suggests they may be operating a speed trap, when they were in fact driving.

Surrey police claimed the tactic “works perfectly” by encouraging drivers to slow down, adding that major cuts to policing budgets over the years had decimated traffic units across the country.

By Rachel Hall and agency.

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