Record Retreat Report

Over the past year, the Metropolitan Police has been inundated with a staggering 15,000 reports of perilous driving from the public. A mounting number of individuals, myself included, are turning to cameras as a potent weapon in the battle against road crime. Embarking on an odyssey of self-discovery, I delved into the movement's gripping history, encountering trailblazers, law enforcement mavericks, and high-profile figures fervently championing road safety.

In riveting interviews, I engaged with luminaries such as Jeremy Vine, Andy Cox, Mark Hodson, Mike van Erp, Dave Sherry, Traffic Droid, Cycle Granny, and more.

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One thing you can’t say about Mark Hodson is that he’s quiet. No. Once you ask him your first question, he becomes a gift that keeps giving, even when you’re already satisfied with the answer. Direct, opinionated, energetic, and nonapologetic - the impressions you get wherever you meet him on social media, in one of his talks or in a direct conversation. No surprise he claims - and has a very right to do so - to be one of the spices that brew the third-party reporting as we know it today.

If Mark was a jalapeno, then his work partner, Stephen Hudson would be a vanilla - in a good sense. Mark was a fire that melted the ideas, Steve was the mould that let them settle, cool and come out as expected. “He was really sort of the one who made sure that everything got done properly. He was very much the one that kept everything in check and stopped me going off on to the next thing before we finished that.” Both were well-seasoned traffic officers from West Midlands Police who disrupted the way the police work.

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