Less cops in court

Indicating that the Traffic Division of the courts deal with 23,000 cases annually, Al-Rawi said only 30 percent of these cases result in a conviction. He added the remaining 70 percent, “just fall apart.” The AG explained that in all of those cases, a police officer is required to appear in court. As he told reporters that government ministers cannot arrest anyone or remove evidence from a crime scene, Al-Rawi said it was “a very big deal” for him to be part of any move which frees up police officers to deal with more serious criminal matters.

He further explained that through a proposed system which included violations that could be tagged on to a person’s driver’s licence.