Fly tippers get away with it!

28th December
Noting some anti social folk in a Peugot tipping their garden refuse in Mill Street Walsall, I thought that me taking the registration number and reporting this would mean their number would be up and a knock at their door to pursue this evidence... not so.. the police tell me that i have to report to Steetcare and that they will not take any action unless I possess a video capture in high quality to back up my evidence. I should ask for the setting up of a CTV camera at that site to ensure that when they repeat the tipping they can be filmed and then prosecuted.  Get real.... surely the efforts of the public in watching and then reporting evidence of fly tipping should be rewarded by the thought that they will be at least scolded for their act of vandalism... but why not anyway prosecuted.? they cost us thousands and I object to paying for their criminal activity in having to clean up after them.
I have started a campaign to get a change in a current justice bill to make it illegal for scrap merchants to pay for scrap in cash... money would have to go into a bank account to a registered person.. that would in a small step prevent illegal scrap merchants from gettiong any money from their activities. I find it is costing this Country millions... for example over £34M in wales where their rail network has been subject to attacks from these scrap metal theives and so stopped the trains and caused enormous disruption to passengers,,,, then there is the issue of those who attack our power sub stations and again unfortunelty escape with their lives but of course cause serious disruption to our power supplies after trying to short out the sub station and so grab some copper!
What do you think?
Regards
Cllr Ian Robertson