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NPCC Mobile Phone week
The NPCC, via the National Roads Policing
Intelligence forum, coordinates periods of dedicated
action against mobile phone use by drivers.
Whilst these are primarily police-led activities, they
are also an opportunity for partner agencies to get
involved, perhaps in promoting the work of the police,
supporting Operations with education, or running their
own targeted activities.
It’s important to coordinate activities if you can, and to
think about the messages and tone of what you say.
It doesn’t make sense for one partner to recommend
hands-free as an alternative to handheld use if other
partners are keen to avoid simply encouraging drivers
to think about what they can and can’t ‘get away with’ in
a legal sense.
National enforcement campaigns are...
• an opportunity for partnership working. Partners
should ask their local forces what they have
planned, and forces should make sure that they
engage their local partners.
• a good opportunity to try out new ideas,
including things you may have seen in this book,
and including evaluation!
• a time when your activities are likely to get
media coverage, so make sure it is the type of
coverage you want!
• also a time when you might want to consider
approaching an Accessible Academic (see the
pages at the back of this compendium).
• a good time to revisit the ideas from the start of
this volume (on data, planning, evaluation etc).
The National Roads Policing Intelligence Forum
(NRPIF) co-ordinates national campaigns around
mobile phone use, speeding, seatbelts, drink and
drunk driving and other offences.
Your region should have a police representative
on NRPIF, or you can contact the authors of this
volume for more information (email addresses at
the end of the compendium).
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