A large number of drivers are familiar with the situation when, after stopping their vehicle by a road inspection officer, you realize with horror that you have significantly exceeded the permissible speed limit, forgot to fasten your seat belt or did not turn on the dipped headlights.
Collecting evidence of extortion of a bribe
It's one thing when a stop by an inspector is associated with real offenses. But there are situations when a traffic police officer begins to ask various questions about the presence of certain items, which must be found in the car, or, even worse, impute non-existent offenses. And then the driver realizes that all these actions are associated with the desire to receive some kind of material reward from him. The natural desire in such a situation is to somehow rein in an inspector who does not behave properly.
Evidence is needed to substantiate the charge of extorting a bribe. Otherwise, the driver himself may be accused of giving false information. To collect the necessary evidence, you can use a video recorder, dictaphone or some other technical means. In this case, the testimony of witnesses, if any, will be suitable.
It is necessary to record the number of the badge and the full surname, name and patronymic of the inspector. After that, staying in place, you need to call the helpline. After a call to the scene of the incident, a qualified inspector will immediately leave and deal with the situation.
Methods of punishment for a presumptuous inspector
You can also do the following. When evidence of extortion of illegal remuneration is recorded, contact the supervisor of the inspector with a complaint or take all the necessary evidence to the prosecutor's office. It will be difficult to make a mistake with the addressee, in any case, the body that accepted the application of the injured party must send it under investigation. The application will be considered within 10 working days, during which a full assessment of the activities of the specified traffic police officer will be carried out.
Another effective way to punish an inspector for extortion of illegal remuneration is to contact the ATC's own security service. The operational employees of the department will take such an employee under tight secret control. Upon confirmation of the fact of extortion of bribes, he will be punished to the fullest extent of the law.
It is very important that the driver does not give the required money: in this case, he is lucky. Because very often there is a provocation on the part of the inspector, after which the driver is issued under the article for giving a bribe to an official, for which a person can actually be jailed.
