Saturday, February 8, 2025

Known from TV – police officer accused of cheating

One of Denmark's most well-known officers, traffic officer Preben Sandager, is accused by his own police department of manipulating material from his video car.

Traffic police officer Preben Sandager, known from several TV programs about the police's hunt for speeding offenders, has been accused of manipulating video material from police video cars.

This is what Ekstra Bladet writes.

The allegations have now become part of a lawsuit against a driver who is currently at the Court in Næstved.

The police's own expert believes that Preben Sandager is breaking several of the police's own guidelines when he chases drivers in the civilian video car. This is said to have happened on several occasions.

Allegedly, Preben Sandager has provoked drivers to drive too fast several times so that he could give them a ticket.

According to Ekstra Bladet, the report on the officer's unscrupulous methods runs to almost 900 pages. It also reveals how Preben Sandager allegedly cheated with the video material from the police cars.

It was the leadership of Preben Sandager's own police district, Midt- og Vestsjællands Police, who reported him to the DUP in 2021.

According to the report, Preben Sandager used the district's plainclothes Golf R in a way that provoked drivers to drive faster than the speed limit. The officer then charged the drivers for it.

The allegations against the officer have become part of a case at the Court in Næstved. Here, another driver is accused of speeding 231 km/h on a stretch of motorway in April 2021 with Preben Sandager behind him in an anonymous police car.

It has emerged in court that the videos from the civilian police car are missing several crucial sequences. Therefore, it is also difficult to assess whether the drivers were driving at the speed that Sandager claims.

The police's own expert estimates that at least 7 to 8 of the videos from Preben Sandager violate the police's own guidelines, conditions that the officer must otherwise comply with.

Preben Sandager has previously appeared in several TV programs. He has also spoken about his work in several media outlets. But he has nothing to say about this case.

The lawyer in the current case at the Court in Næstved also believes that even more of the cases that the officer has made from the plainclothes Golf R should be looked at.

If it can be proven that the many video recordings have been manipulated, it would be a serious dent in the paintwork of police methods on Danish roads. Video material is normally considered one of the strongest pieces of evidence against speeding drivers.

The trial in Næstved is still ongoing, and it is unknown what the further investigation will lead to. Preben Sandager has not publicly commented on the charges, but the case may have consequences for his future work in the police.

However, it is far from the first time that the police's methods have aroused wonder. Boosted has, among other things, been able to report that a 20-year-old man was acquitted of driving under the influence of insanity last year. The High Court did not believe the police's alleged evidence. Read more about it here .

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