Extract from http://www.grampian.police.uk
"Grampian Police's mission is to:
Promote well-being and safety in our communities
Provide excellent, visible, accessible services
Enhance the quality of life of all those we serve"
Don't really see how it fits into a force priority. I know the papers like a good police horror story, and you'd hope they stopped them for the right reasons, but then again it was probably as someone had an improperly spaced number plate. Sometimes you have to let things slide