# Police worker mistakenly fines himself over untaxed car

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**Created:** [March 21, 2018, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-worker-mistakenly-fines-himself-over-untaxed-car/810987 "2018-03-21T20:07:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-worker-mistakenly-fines-himself-over-untaxed-car/810987/1 "2018-03-21T20:07:57Z")

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[This](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-43483491) deserves a chuckle. Maybe even a double chuckle. 🙂

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> A police worker who unwittingly prosecuted himself for having an untaxed vehicle has been mocked by colleagues online.
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> West Yorkshire Police’s Roads Policing Unit said the man had “managed to fill a form in incorrectly” - seemingly putting his own name on the paperwork rather than the actual offender.