Do’s and Don’ts if considering to appeal a decision?

Hahaha. i just bought a

Hahaha. i just bought a security lock since my bike was stolen. Hope it will help me to keep over 3 years. There are many criminals that want to take.
 

I realise you’re not actually

I realise you’re not actually complaining to the PCC at the moment, but the general principle still applies: you have to keep going. If you give ground anywhere along the complaint pathway they will seize the opportunity to forget about it. I have bored people with the story of the police/ defence dodges used to discredit GPS speed measurements in a white line crossing case against a nutter close-passing, speeding and white-line crossing BMW. I have today performed the first (until I get it just right) 6 minute video in which I frequently glance down to the handlebar to display the speed readings on 2 adjacent Cateye cycle computers- one is over 20 years old, the other about 5 years old. I can place the GPS speedo on the screen between the 2 Cateyes, which are of course programmed with the same calibrated wheel circumference of 2166 mm. They differ by up to 1.5 kph instantaneously even though they come up with the same total distance at the end of the test- less than 0.33% difference. I attribute this to the newer Cateye having a 32 bit processor and being much faster in response than the old one. The video shows that the GPS always underestimates the true speed by up to 2 kph. The defence are trying to claim that when the GPS speedo says I’m travelling at over 20 mph, I’m really travelling at 10 in order to justify the obvious gross white line offence. They’re going to look stupid, so I hope they continue with the ‘Not Guilty’ plea

PCC still deliberating. I am

PCC still deliberating. I am anticipating several months yet.

I’d be minded to just go

I’d be minded to just go after the scrote in a civil damages case. Police will take forever, so take legal advice and claim against their insurer. It doesn’t remove him from the road (unless he becomes insurable) but a few grand for a shiny new bike or a holiday might help.

I am an expert at this

I am an expert at this procedure, but I expect it varies with the area. In Lancashire, the PCC won’t accept complaints until they have been through the police’s own joke Professional Standards (Internal Affairs in the US, and in Scandinavia if the Scandi-Noirs are to be believed) complaint procedure. This, in Lancashire at least, is designed to wear out complainants by taking 6 months to come up with the pre-ordained conclusion that the police are very busy and therefore did as well as they could. The LCPS also comes up with completely barmy conclusions like: ‘although there is immaculate video of the illegal and dangerous white line crossing offence, we must have confirmatory video from the offending vehicle’. They have no shame! What I don’t know is whether the Lancashire PCC procedure is just as much of a joke, with a pre-ordained outcome, because it only began a couple of months ago (it’s about the force ignoring numerous red light crossing offences). The message is- whatever a complaint is about it’s going to take a year. The odds are stacked against you because the police definitely, and the PCC possibly, view the real enemy not as the offenders but as the people who complain about offences.

Might be worth re-titling

Might be worth re-titling your post to see if people will click through and help more.  Perhaps something like “Help required for a successful complaint about the police”??