It varies in Lancashire. The scamera partnership would have us believe they are all coppers (I wrote and asked them a couple of months ago and that is what they said), but frankly I don't believe them, and as Dave E says, they have special vans now. But its an interesting point. The law on speeding allows the evidence from speed measurement devices to be used in court to support the opinion of a "police constable" that a particular vehicle was speeding. So what are the implications if it wasn't a police constable that saw a vehcile speeding, but a civilian employed by the scamera partnership? The primary evidence, the opinion that the vehicle was speeding, is arguably not admissible in court. That leaves the secondary evidence which cannot stand alone. Anyone caught speeding by a camera operated by a civilian should take urgent legal advice and perhaps visit http://pepipoo.com/NewForums2/index.php for an opinion. Scamera partnerships are on really dodgy ground with this!

Incidentally, when the Freedom of Information Act comes in in January, I will ask the Scammers the same question again and this time they won't be able to lie to me....