What do you do when a Council Officer walks up to you?

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Not the first time, but yesterday i was caught by an officer trying to issue me a FPN ticket for littering. (i dropped a cigarette into an outside drain)

Now i did the 'good samaritan' by paying, but not without some cheekiness mixed in.. by providing an incorrect name, dob and address.. and well it was silly since technically i was on private property.

How common would it be for them trying to track you down if you didn't pay? Reason i mainly paid was because a gave my address but a different door number. (caught me off guard and didn't want to appear flustered). but since it was close to where i live, i didn't want to risk it.. i'll have to remind myself to store a random address in my head for next time.

I've heard they are unable to chase you if you walk into a shop or a large building but not sure.
 
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ci_newman said:
You aren't going to get any sympathy here.

If there were no bins nearby, go somewhere else or take your rubbish with you.

I hope they do track you down tbh.
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no sympathy required.. i knew what i was doing.. i just didn't think it was still an offence if you are on private property and you drop down a drain.. understndable if it was anywhere else on the road
 
[FnG]magnolia said:
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that time was even more ridiculous in my opinion.. again i dropped it in a drain but the drain was on my property (i was smoking at the front of my house), and the drain is literally on my driveway where my car parks... and fyi my house is in a gated residence, kinda like a cul-de-sac.. not like a house on the main road
 
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[FnG]magnolia said:
I can see you edited your post but you didn't edit it to say you didn't understand the difference between something being on your property and being your property. Or to put it another way: are you liable when 'your' drains don't work?
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No i edited to give more context of where i was on my property as i'm sure where you do your business depends where it happened.. for instance, i've heard of people who drop their food waste down their garden drain (oil for example), which is frowned upon, but if its on their proprety, they will be the ones responsible if something goes wrong - clogging
 
slinxy said:
When I was living in a gated community, we paid extra for the sewage works.. to have the them cleared out etc. as they wasn't part of the public sewage system.

Thou I didn't go round filling the drains up... :)

How did the officer get in, in the first place? I would have half a mind to call the cops/security guards on them.. lol..
But use the the ashtrays that most gated communities provide.
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He didn't get in.. he called me behind/outside the gate and fined me there.. it was my first time and didn't know what to do.

Unforunately this gated residence didn't have these ashtrays or bins.. most of the neighbours who smoked, stubbed them out then put in their drains
 
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slinxy said:
I would talk to the CAB to see if you have a case, but the only way to appeal is not to pay the fine and risk going to court.

There are portable ashtrays available.. :) I used to smoke outside the appartment and use the ashtrays but after a few weeks of the northern weather, I just smoked inside. Yes it's against the t&c of renting the place, I was never a heavy smoker and non of the landlords/estate agents fine or moaned about the smell of smoke.
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this one happened a couple years back, so too late now.. and too much hassle, so will leave it
 
Same officer was there today when i was having a smoke break. The person who was smoking also threw his cigarette in the same drain i did and walked away. Officer stopped him and try to fine him... before an argument broke out. The guy stood his ground saying it was private property.. before he upped and left. Both walked away
 
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